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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1931,
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. —- closing rate of the, dollar on demand, to-day was 111⁄2d.
PRICE 15.00 Per Month.
Local Branch. Pedder Bldg. Tel. 24551.
LORD STAMFORDHAM DISASTER TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES THE SILVER TERRIFIC QUARE IN CONVICTION BRITISH BUDGET
PASSES AWAY,
THE R101
Over Fifty Years, in the Royal Service
OPINION OF THE
EXPERTS.
JUBILEE COMPLETED.
London, Yesterday.
The death occurred to-day at
IN TROUBLE.
www
Water Works Inspector
in Court.
BAILIFF CHARGED.
A Chinese Water Works Inapec-| tor, Li Xu-sang, who has been in the
ENQUIRY
CURRENCY
IN COLONY,
St. James's Palace of Buron POSSIBLE CAUSES employment of the P.W.D. since MEETING
Stamfordham (L-Col. the Rt. Hon. Arthur John Bigge), Pri- '.
vate Secretary to 11.M. the King since 1910, in his eighty-second year. As a young man he took part in the Zulu War, being a captain in the Royal Artillery.— Reuter.
this year.
NO FAILURE OF
CONTROL GEAR.
INTERVIEW WITH "THE GOVERNOR.
NICARAGUA.
Destruction of City
¿Managua.
OVER 1,000 DEATHS
Panama City"
A terrifit aarthquake hus de stroyed the city of Managen. The few houses left standing fre on fire.
Fire Spreading..
New York, Yesterday
The earthquake at Managua,
which occurred at 10 this,
ing, was sport and sharp AC
QUASHED
CROWN CASE FAILS IN PIRACY CHARGE.
NO
ROBBERY
FULL COURT AND
"
lons 40% persons were killed, infras
JIRISDICTION.
DEFICIT
Biggest Adverse Balance. Since 1926.
MET BY BORROWINGS. ►
London Yesterday-
The financial "year, 1980-81 haa, ended with a deficit of £23,275, 000, instead of a surplus "of £2,236,000, for which ♬ Mo Snowden budgeted last April.
Revenus amounts to £775,894,- 1000. and expenditure
£799,170,000. This is the big- estadverse balance in the National accounts, since the fihần-- cial year 1026-27, wher there was
deficit of £36,698,000.*
The present deficit has already.
November, 1924, ppeared before Mr. E. W. Hamilton in the Kowloon Police Court this morning charged with unlawfully obtaining $30 from Ho Kam-lin, by saying that he would expedite the laying of water service to the latter's property at Nos. 201, 203, 207, and 209, Tong Record of Service.
Rugby, Yesterday. Moi Road, Shamshuipo, in Febru- Mr. P. H. Ezzel. CM.G., and addition to the collapse of the In the Full Court this morning Mr. G. L. M. Clauson, O.B.E., majority of buildings. The local before Mr. Justice J. R. Wood and Viscount Stamfordham,
The report on the disaster of jary. the
An additional charge of obtaining (Secretary), two of the members wireless station, which has trans MrJustice R. E. Lindsell, the King's principal private secretary the B101, which was destroyed and confidential adviser, who re-in France when all but eight of 54 money from Ho Kam-lin by imply of the Currency Commission ferred its quarters five miles out-jury's conviction at the February been met by borrowings and part cently underwent an operation in people on board perished instant-ing that he had been authorised by which was appointed by the side the City, reports that fire Abbizes against the twelve Chin- of the deficit is artificial, inas- London, completed fifty years ofly in flames, is unanimous. a European official to collect $60. Colonial Office recently to enquire broke out in the Market Square ese charged with acts of piracy much as it is offset by an excess service in the Royal household It offers no opinion on the with a view to influencing the lay-into the currency affairs of Hong, and is travelling rapidly west- was quashed. After reviewing payment of $11,180,000 to the The real de- future of airships, recognising ing of a water service to certain Kong, arrived in the Colony this wardy. "It will probably finish the onge in detail, Mr. Justice sinking fund. As Captain Arthur Bigge, of that it is for others to determine houses was also preferred. morning on board the N.Y.K. s.s. the job.”
Wood gave it as his opinion that ficiency, therefore, is £11845,000. the Royal Artillery, he was the whether the experiment should. Mr. Loschy appeared for the de- Wakasa Maru. Mr. W: H. Clegg, Present Hoover has ordered robbery was neccessary to support-Reuter. officer deputed to accompany the be further pursued, and it is de-fence, and a week's remand was the leader of the Commission, is the American Red Cross to organ-a conviction of piracy in that Court: This was the point reserv- late ex-Empress Eugenie of voted entirely to the course and granted, bail of $500 being allowed. expected shortly. They are ut fise relief immediately."
For Official Receiver Prosecutes. present staying at the Peninstila
Death Toll Mounts, fed for tonsideration by the Full of the crime of piracy for purposes France to the scene of her son's case of the specific event. death in Zululand. This brought this purpose important features Scribus charges were preferred Hotel, Kowloon:
Over 400 persons were killed in Court Mr. Justice Lindsell con of a trial either in England of this Long Conference. Managua, according to an estim-curred. him under the notice of Queen in construction and subsequent against Wong Sik, a bailift of the
Colony, depended in the first in- Counsel in the case were the stance not upon the law of nations Victoria, who rewarded him for modifications and reconstruction Supreme Court, before Mr. E. II.
The China Mat understands jate of the tropical radio station "at
Mr. Miami, and at least 35 were in- Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, At-but upon the meaning attached to his services by appointing him, of the vessel, together with the Williams in the Central Police that Mr. Ezechiel and in 1881, to be one of her grooms-history of its former flights, are Court this morning, namely:-(a) Clauson had along conference cinerated in the collapse of flam-torney-General and Mr. H.Somer-piracy in the English statutes and in-waiting.
earefully examined.
That he at 24, Wing Wo Street, this morning with His Excellency ing buildings in the centre of the set Fitzroy, Assistant Attorney-In decisions" of the English courts.
National on March 30, being a person en- the Governor (Sir William Peel, town.
Guardersen's General, for the Crown, and Mr. After considering different do- He had not held this position
trusted with others with certain K.C.M.G.), and the Colonial Trea efforts to check the path of the Hin-shing Lo (instructed by finitions of piracy," "His Lordship. long before the Queen chose him to be her private secretary in sue- Discussing the cause of the dis- property, namely, six sacks of iron surer (the Hon. Mr. C.Mcl. flames were frustrated by the ex-Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist) for anid that It seemed to him a cor- ression to Sir Henry Ponsonby,nster the Court started with a castings, in brder that he might Messer) and other officials, to dis- haustion of the stocks of dynn the accused. The judgment at-rect proposition to say, that the
mitc.
tracted much interest and there jurisdiction of the English courts and he held this position until series of definitely ascertained retain the same in safe custody,
Navy to the Rescue. was a number of members of the In piracy which was created by the The Navy Department has legal fraternity present when the statute of Henry VIII was at no ordered four naval vessels to pro- Court sat at 11.80 a.m.
time enlarged, by the subsequent ceed to. Nicaraguan waters, in-| After reciting the facts of the statutory additions in England to cluding an aircraft carrier. case, and the circumstances in the list of felonies,
which the question had been re- Later. served, Mr. Justice Wood said According to the latest advices that the learned Attorney-Gen-
Definite Facts.
to his own or benefit; (b) that he
her death in 1901. He then pass facts which the inquiry estab. fraudulently did convert the same ed into the service of the present|lished as follows:- King.
on March 80 did steal six sacks of iron, castings.
in
When the watch was changed Early at Work.
at 2 a.m. there was no cause for
The complainant on the charge Although Lord Stamfordham immediate alarm known to those was in his eighty-first year, he in charge of the navigation of sheet was stated as the Official Re-
represented was as alert and vigorous as ever, the ship, The vessel must have chiver, who was and might often be seen in the been at least 1,000 feet above the Court by Mr. H. J. Millington morning striding briskly along ground. The ground itself at this (head bailiff).
Mr. F. X. d'Almada, jun,, appear- from his official residence in the point is two or three hundred precincts of St. James's Palace to feet above sea level. At 2 a.m.ed for the accused and asked for a his duties at Buckingham Palace, the elevator wheel would be remand where was always early at work. handed over to another height
MILITARY COSTS. SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN
FLIGHT TO PARIS.
Bartin And Moenche Due Here To-day.
Shanghai, To-day.
The French .airmen, Burtin and Moenche, who are
on their way back to Paris,
Thousands Injured.
..
"Sunning" and "Halching.”
Later Hia Lordship and "In the
the death roll in Managua is 1,000 eral had submitted that the deci-record of this Court there are two while it is estimated that several sion of this question depended interesting indictments to which I thousands were injured, includ-wholly upon international law. The have drawn attention. They are
left here at39 am to-day,ing a number of American women iracy charged was piracy jure connected with what are locally
His Worship fixed the hoaring of
.
and are due in Hong Kong at
1 p.m.-Reuter: "
Numbers of Explanations.
and children and their relatives, "entium und by international law known as the Sunning and the. nd business and Army fén. ¿Niloeirmowa fusticialle very Halching, piracies The "stin=" It is understood that he pro- coxswain, who would not at once the case for April 9, at 2.15 p.m.
The British and American Lega- where, conviction might be re-guishing feature between these two posed to retire from Court as soon get the feel of the ship. The wen- and allowed-bail in the sum of $500.
tions have been incinerated and corded by a competent Court in occurrences, was that in the case as he had completed his "jubilee" ther was exceedingly bad. The
all the Government offices wreck- any country.
of the Sunning the prisoners suc there, and that the King had in-ship in her trials had lost gas at
The importance of this submis- ceeded in dispossessing the master tended to bestow on him some an abnormal rate, certainly by The fire did not break out till cuss the preliminary steps to be ed. Most of the banks, shops and tangible reward for his fifty years the wearing of the holes in the after the ship struck ground. taken by the Commission in their offices have been burned down.sion lay in this, that if the Court and obtaining control of the ship is here to refer for its jurisdic-(which was subsequently retaken of faithful service. The King gasbags and perhaps through
First among the explanations de-enquiry. It is understood that Reuter's American Service.
Managua is the capital of the tion to international law and to from them by the gallant action will miss his "right hand." her valves when she rolled.
His work during the war period Failed to Keep Height. ··
Republic of Nicaragua and the it alone, then its jurisdiction may of the ship's officers), while the finitely reported by the Court is any they remained to tiffin at Gov- was of a particularly exacting On the Indian journey she had idea that the vessel, from internal ernment House.
The recently issued Memoran-seat of Government and has a be held not to be limited by de-attack upon the Haiching w
total population of 32,536 in-cisions given by the English folled and the attackers at no character. Its full value to the rolled more than ever before, and weakness, broke up in the air.
Coccondly, the explanation is set dum and other data drawn up by habitants. The Constitution of courts proceeding under the com-time controlled the bridge. Both King and the nation will probably had failed to keep the height as never be completely realised by the Officer of Watch intended at aside that there was any, failure of the local Currency Committee the Republic came into being on mon law and the statutes of the indictments were filed by the pre- will be placed before the Commis-
The people are realm of England.
sent learned Chief Justice, Sir the outside world. (See early an earlier period. If she was be the control gear.
The mixed Spanish
Attorney-General. had Joseph Kemp, who was then At- cable on page 9).
coming increasingly heavy, this Thirdly, the Court reaches the aloners, who will have interviews April 6, 1913.
Indian extraction, with quoted the case of Kwok A Sing torney-General, He charged the could be counter-acted by a suit- conclusion that the accident could with the leading bankers and orincipally of
Negroes from Jamaica and other who had been accused in 1873 of first set of prisoners with "piracy able lift of the elevator, but in not be explained aolely by reference others who sat on the Committee and
Islands of the Caribbean, with piracy jure gentium. In that ith assault with intent to mur- very bumpy weather it would be to abnormal weather conditions, al-appointed last year.
of was the pre-
In the particulars A Slight Error. more difficult to detect the rate though the weather
some Americans. The prevailing case the Judicial Committee con- der." and extent of the change.
A slight error was made by form of religion is the Roman tented itself by observing that the offence, he, set out the acts of All her engines had been run- Fourthly, there is no reason to Mr. Ezechiel when referring to Catholic, the cathedral and seat Crown allege was, by the law of violence and after so doing pro- the Archbishop being in nations, justiciable everywhere. cecded “and then and thero.com- ning satisfactorily at cruising attribute the accident to any failure the Hong Kong currency at a of
mitted the crime of piracy in re speed for a considerable time in the competence of the officers or meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Managua.]
Argument Untenable. right down to 2:am. This oughterew, but in view of the recent Rotary Club on March 21, when 'Planes Rushed To Scene.
After quoting various cases in act of the said ship by stealing New York, Later.
with force and iolence the said to give a speed through the air change of watch and of the pro he declared that "Hong Kong's Answering a question in the of a little over 50 knots. The vailing weather it may well have currency was based theoretically Rear Admiral Smith is leaving this connection, the Chief Justice ship."" House of Commons to-day the
An Essential Element. course of the vessel was not been impossible to bring the ship on silver, in that the only unlimit-Balbos to-night aboard the flagship said that in his opinion the argu-
By way of contrast, the later Minister for War, Mr. Tom Shaw directly in the teeth of the wind, rapidly back to a horizontal post-ed legal tender was the silver Rochester for Corinto, Port Mana-ment that a jurisdiction whether said that preliminary figures show-
of an extra-territorial dictment, alleged "wounding ed that only in the case of Grest and her speed over the ground tion if her nose was forced down dollar, the Mexican dollar (sic) gua, where he is expected to arrive in England or this Colony in re-
and the English trade dollar, both on Friday. Two Naval transport spect was there a substantial might be expected to be 15 to 20 in the way suggested., Britain
miles per hour.
Fifthly, the longitudinal gasbag heavy and unwieldy."
'planes have been ordered to take offence could be derived by a persons on board a ship with in- international lawent to commit piracy and the percentage decrease in 1930, com-
movement is so limited in extent Mr. Ezechiel, no doubt, was un-off immediately from Balbos for Court from pared with 1924, in national ex-
that by itself it is quite insufficient aware that the Mexican dollar Manngus with doctors and medical directly without the intervention particulars of the offence corre penditure on military services. In In these circumstances at to account for the serious loss of ceased to be legal tender in the stores. The giant aircraft carrier of legislation could not be sus-sponded with this statement. It Legislation was neces- would thus sppear that at the the case of Japan' there had been a about 2.5 her nose dropped, and control, even in tempestuous con- Colony last year, by an Order in Lexington is already flying attained. amall decrease, but in respect orahe continued in this position for ditions.
Council published in the Govern-full speed from Guantaname, Cuba, sary and if the crime of piracy Le time when these two indict- France, Italy, the United States, about 30 seconds, descending|
ment Gazette in June. and Rursla there were increases British Wireless Service.
BRITAIN.
INCREASES ELSEWHERE.
Rugby, Yesterday.
SIR J. SALMOND.
FLIGHT FROM MARSEILLES TO MAHTA.
Rugby, Yesterday,
J
Descended Rapidly,
disposing canse.
rapidly. Her pitch downward Substantiel Loss of Gaa was sufficiently severe to wake up
The exports who gave evidence
a man who was asleep in his bunk believe that the explanation of the and to cause things to slide to the disaster must be associated with lower end of the smoke-room.
the substantial loss of gas, and the The height coxswain, by put-report discusses whether the loss ting his elevator up, succeeded at length in bringing the ship again was general throughout the length of the ship or chiefly concentrated to about even keel, but she re-
Was the loss in the foro-part.
The Air Chief Marshal, Sir Johnmained in this position only for gradua! or duo to A sudden a few seconds. At about the time catastrophe which would empty the Salmond, who is to make an ins- pection tour of Air Force Stations when it appeared that she was forward gasbags immediately be in Malta, Egypt, Palestine, and not further responding to the up-fore the final dive? Or, is the ex- trans-Jordania, arrived in Malta elevator so as to recover her planation of the gradual loss spread this afternoon in one of two iris eight, the Officer of the Watch
over the considerable catastrophic flying boats which flew 780 miles gave orders through the engine. from Marseille in 75 hours, room telegraph to reduce speed loss?
About two moments the vessel ot ints a second steep dive which lasted for only a few seconds be fore she struck earth. The in- pact was not severe.
British.*
Service.
BRITAIN & CHINA, EXTRALITY REPORTS OFFICIALLY DENIED.
Nanking, To-day
After examining the views of the experts on these points, the Court reaches the conclusion that there were three phases in the final move-
ments of the R101:
In the Arat she drops her nose "Vessel Could Recover.”, and descends at a noticeable steep The slowing down of the en-angle for half a minute before, by gines, combined with the warning the use of the up elevator, she is given by the crew, is only consist-brought back to approximately a ent with the view. having been horizontal position. Replying to enquiries regarding taken that the vessel could reThe second phase then begins and widespread reports that the extra-cover. Apart from reducing continues for a short time during lity"","negotiatiónis – betwe
spood, the only other action that which, in spite of her utmost efforts. Britain and China kás ached a could be instantly taken to she does not succeed in getting bar darlock, Big Miles Lampson's catéft lightan the impact would be to mese appreciably up, but continues slates that the ye are not true. The drop such ballast as could be re- horizontal until he suddenly passes bava, marelys been eased from the control cax? Remato the third phase, when the dives leasing the ballast in the nose of spain, and strikes around almost at theship which could not be auto-page at an angle of at least fifteen
controlled was
acluding, its examing-
Conversa
Dr.
The
CLOUDY:
Royal Observatory's weather report, today states: The depression has deepened and moved to the South of Tokyo.
An anticyclone is central to the North of the Yangtze
Valley.
Fresh monsoon along the S. Coast of China and over the N China Sea.
Forecast N.E. winds, fresh; generally cloudy.
Rainfell
Rainfall for 24 hours end- ed at 10 am-nl. Rainfall since January 1--4.05 inches against an average of 26.28, Inches-deficit 2.18 inches.
Temperature.
The temperature at certain specified centres this morning
t& o'clock wast *Hong Kong
Mario:
Prato Island 242 Manila Foothow
66
68
to Bluefields, on the east coast of extra-territorial the legislation to ments were drafted the drafts- Nicaragua, whence further planes empower this Court to try that man gate effect to the opinion will be despatched to Managua offence must be the legislation of that the stealing of the ship con- stituted an essential element in with medical assistance-Reuters the Imperial Parliament..
the crime of piracy. American Service.
The competency of the Court His Lordshipther turned to New York, Yesterday. was derived from its Sovereign. consideration of the term piracy The moans of the injured pinnad Unless it received jurisdictions it had been used in the statutes under the debris flied the air as from the Sovereign a court was dealing with piracy (other than United
Marine patrols without power to act. Further, municipal piracy)* It was not scrambled over the smouldering the contention of the Crown necessary for the learned At- |ruins In Managua to succour them. was founded upon a mis- torpey-General to argue, nor did
While the fire raged through the conception of the conati- central business district volunteers tuent
(Continuedson Poog 7.) elements of interna
States
raced ahead of the flames, removing tional law which in this matter
$200,000.
the injured, heedless of the risks gave no directions but merely Great Winnipeg's second ofl re- from falling walls, and in the only negativeda prohibition. Outaldeanery is being rected by the hospital standing United States the limits of a territorial jurisdic- Radio Oil and Gas Co. Ltd. The Marine doctors and nurses treated tion the rule of International law plant will have a capacity of 409, will cost ap hundreda, serionsly Injured. 1, upon which the Crown here relied 000, an lions, and
Above the tragic scene the now was permissive and not obligatory, prossim Presidential Palace, built on a hill it was procedural and not positive. overlooking the city, stands un-Piracy jure gentium” was not a harmed. Reuter's American, Beg-| crime in the sense in which a the unlest country in the world. vica.
2 breach of the common law was " Our wealth is better distributed crime. No International junger than that of other countries and our taking even by implication Existed intofched wealth, le Incalculable,” to punish piratek; le■ mjion reno
← THEFT FROM A CLUB,
Negana To-day Leung Yau-chi, who was recently charged in the Kowloon Police Courtvith stealing nine liver spoon from the Club house of the K.B.S.F.P.A., Kings, Dark, was convicted. He admitted the theft and also – being banlakoo.
Sentence
Bonment was
ment charge and/ Loy
jud gulent.
today is beyond doubt
Bald Frank McKinney of Win big on his return from a visit to the principal market centres of the British Isles, Europe and Asia. He added that Canada is in a better position to recovery.rom the present veridian presalon than any other untrycka "the world dde largely to é Dominfon's sound principles of conomy and finance, the impast lower taxes and the ampli pary or deferred payment bust.