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EASTER RACING AT NEW SPEED RECORD GANDHI
LEAGUE.
FOR BRITAIN.
TO PLEAD ENGLISH FOOTBALL
CASE FOR INDIA.
Great Achievement by To Represent Congress
at Round Table Talk. Kaye Don.
TWO DAYS MEETING.
183 MILES AN HOUR.
OUTLAWS QUELLED.
POMPEY DRAW WITH ARSENAL.
HAPPY VALLEY.
Apollo A Winner Where He Starts.
શ
Results of Good Friday Matches.
THURSDAY'S
DOLLAR. The closing rate of the dollar on demand on Thursday was 11d.
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
DUNLOP
Local Branch, Pedder Ridg. Tel. 24554.
CHARGES AGAINST GERMANY'S STORM IN FIVE THOUSAND DIE
A
(b)
EUROPEAN.
Alleged Theft of a Letter.
SUBSTANTIAL BAIL.
A TEA CUP.
Friction Between Nazis Threatens Unity.
HITLER AS DICTATOR.
IN 'QUAKE.
Terrible Havoc Caused in Managua.
FEAR OF BANDITS.
Managua, Yesterday.. Two thousand is the estimate roll made by of the death
Eight matches in Division I., nino European named Harry
Berlin, Yesterday. New Delhi, Yesterday. Buenos Aires, Yesterday. [By Wombat."]
"All leaders of storm troops The heart burnings that were in Division II., eleven in the South-Simon was brought before Mr. The Easter Stakes, over The British racing motorist, mile distance, will be the centre- Kaye Don, established a new likely to be caused by the, selec-ern Section and nine in the Schofield in the Central Police must immediately sign uncon
two ditional obedience to Hitler" Colonel F. L. Bradman, of the piece on the card at the second motor boat speed record over ation of the Congress delegation Northern Section Division III Court this morning on
this is an Army order issued by nited States Medical Corps, who extra race meeting, which will nautical mile at the rate of 103.73 to the Round Table Conference comprised the programme yester- charges, namely:-
(a) Attempted larceny, on March the Nazi Chief of Staff and repre. has taken charge of relief work open at Happy Valley to-day. miles an hour on the Parana have been averted by the Con- day.
greas Executive's decision to ap Portsmouth, at home, forced the
23, of a letter, addressed to sents Hitler's latest, shot in the which is very difficult and very The first saddling hell will be River to-day.
Mr. A. W. Summers, of L. E. fierce warfare between the in-dangerous, owing to the tottering Official Time.
point Gandhi as their sole repre- Arsenal to a draw. 'Blackpool aur- rung both to-day and on Monday
walls. Gale & Co..
fluential section of Nazis in at noon and the tiffin hour will Kaye Don's official time was sentative, though the Mahatma prised Derby County by bagging
possession, on Berlin and
The Presidential Palace, which the Munich High be after the second race.
103.49 miles per hour.-Reuter's may take Congress Working Com-full points. Liverpool had to share Unlawful
April 4, of an automatic Command. The former, led by is built on a high hill, is leaning mittee and other important lead-the points with Manchester United. On account of the wear and American Service.
pistol, an automatic pistol Captain Stennes, Chief of the sideways precariously and may tear to the turf the Stewards [An earlier message stated:-ers for consultation behind the West Ham went down on their own
ground to Bolton Wanderers,
magazine, and 7 rounds of Nazi "storm troops" in North crash into the lagoon in the event have thrown the rail out a good The repairs to Miss England the scenes,
Peshawar, Yesterday. In Division 11, Tottenham only ammunition without a per- Germany, has been superseded on of a further severe shock. 15 or 20 feet in the straight to Second have been completed. In.
It will take years to rebuild account of his independent pro- A salutary effect upon frontier drew with Cardiff; Notta enable the course to be repaired, spite of the swollen state of the
Det.-Insp. W. Shannon applied pensities by Hitler, and upon Managua. Some believe that the
be The Parana River, Kaye Don has an- tribesmen, who persistently har-bagged full points at Preston; and
removed to during the extra season.
Granada. track as used to-day will be prac-nounced that he intends to make, bour outlaws, is expected as the Port Vale proved superior to West for a remand 'in Police custody Stennes refusing to vacate office capital may
While an abundance of food tically the same as that used be-a speed test of the boat at 8 a.m. result of the swift operation of a Bromwich. In the Northern Section till Monday. He had no objection litier order his Berlin chief, Goebbels, to carry out a ruthless mobile column of Gurkhas, Pun-Carlisle lost at home to Rotherham, to substantial bail. fore it was widened for the un-on April 2.]
His Worship remanded ac- clean spring of the Party and and medical supplies are arriving Garwood's Good Wishes. jabis, and British machine gun- but Lincoln, Tranmere, and Wrex- nual meeting; therefore I shall
cused, and allowed bail ners and artillery, who quietly ham all won.
in the eject the unscrupulous insub- and there is no lack of doctors, expect to see some fast times to-
Notts County, in the Southern sum of $1,000.
ordinate elements." He has ex- an outbreak of disease is feared surrounded Kalakhel villages last day.
communicated Stennes, who sub-as the result of a lack of pure night, swooped down at dawn Section, had a big kill against Wal- and summoned a "Jirga," at sall; Exeter brought two points
IN orned the staff of the official water, instead of which beer is dozen hostages were from Gillingham; and the other
newspaper, which has now ceas-being widely dispensed. which a
Further shocks this morning collected and a solemn promise results were not of a surprising na- extricated for better behaviour in ture.
Results as cabled by Reuter: future-Reuter.
New York, Yesterday, "Heartiest congratulations on Runners should be fairly breaking my record. I may give to shoot at numerous in all events, especial-you another mark ly the handicaps, and the Handi-soon," cabled Garwood to Kaye capper seems to have given most! Don.
MINISTER.
He is leaving for Miami imme- of the bright lights of our race track something to think about. diately with Miss America the A field of useful mid-distance Ninth in an attempt to recapture handicappers will face the start- the record. Kaye Don is similar- ATTACK ON SOVIET er for the Empire Handicaps, Aly "scalphunting," taking Mias and B class, and the Colonial England to Lake Garda, Italy, for Stakes and the Union Plate are the Annunzio Cup, founded in two of the "supporting" items memory of Sir Henry Segrave.
Don, conversing with Router by No Reply Received from that promise interesting contests.
There will be eleven races on trans-Atlantic telephone,. alluded the programme to-day and the to his difficulties same number on Monday.
SELECTIONS TO-DAY.
1st Race:-
Woodland Stag.
Wattle.
Kilrea.
2nd Race:-
Apollo.
Boxing Eve. Gleneagles.
3rd Race:-
Leveret. Blue Boy. Bridge Hall.
4th Race:
Cyclamen Bay, Valorous.
Young Pretender.
5th Race:-
Apollo (il started). Hetman.
Gay Crusader.
6th Race:-
Hetman (If started).
•
King Bounty.
Jill.
Vasylock.
7th Race:
Little Thunder.
Lobster Bay.
Wonderful Slag.
8th Race:-
..Vamoose..
Azalea Leaf. Twilight.
9th Race:→→
Misamis. Fi-Fo. Tunney,
10th Race:----
Sitting Bull. Wisdom Stag: Royal Flash.
11th Race:
Noukball.,
Movanagher. Arctic Eve.
TENDERS ACCEPTED.
on the Parana. The heat of the water and the atmosphere (106 in the shade) up- set the calculations on the cooling carburation, compelling the use of n bigger propeller at the sacrifice of 10 milles an hour. Presumably these 10 mftes are available in cooler ellmes-Reuter'a American
Japanese.
OFFICIAL PROTEST.
Moscow, Yesterday. Receiving no reply to the ath- cial protest to Japan in connection with the shooting of Aniekleff, the Soviet Commercial Counsellor in Tokyo on March 16, the Soviet Deputy Foreign Commissar has approached the Japanese Ambus- MR. FORD'S FLIGHT.sador, asking that he be inform-
DAMAGE TO 'PLANE NOT
Service.
VERY SERIOUS.
TO START AGAIN.
ed at an early date as to what measures the Japanese Govern- ment proposed to take to prevent a recurrence of anti-Soviet acts. -Reuter
STRUCK A REEF,
BRITISH STEAMER SINKS OFF AUSTRALIA.
Forest
mit.
DRAMATIC SCENE
SYNAGOGUE.
SHOTS AT CONGREGATION,
Division I.
Anti-Jewish Fanatic Whips Out Revolver.
Blackburn Grimsby Liverpool
1 Derby
0
4 'Middlesbro'
1
1 Manchester U. 1
Manchester C. 3 Blackburn 0
Newcastle
1 Huddersfield
1
1 Arsenal
1
I Birmingham
0
1 Bolton
Portsmouth Sunderland West Ham
OVERCAST.
The weather report issued from the Royal Observatory at 10,38 a.m. to-day states -
over
A depression is central over the Gulf of Chihli,
conditions Pressure China are uncertain.
Forecast:-East or variable winds; moderate to light; gen- erally overcast.
Bristol C. Burnley Bury Millwall
Plymouth Port Valo
Division II.
Ú Everton
6 Oldham
3 Barnsley
1 Southampton
1 Charlton
1 West Brom.
PASSENGERS SAFE,
Sydney, Yesterday. Preston N.E.
Tottenham
London, Yesterday, Reports from Athens indicate that the damage to Ford's aero- plane is not so serious as was at] first believed, but Mr. Ford will be held up at Athens for a fortnight| awaiting spare parts. Reuter.
[An earlier message stated:- Mr. Ford, on a purely private The steamer Malabar, bound Reading flight, left Lympne on March 23, for Singapore, struck a reef. in intending to fly across Central the fog in Long Bay to-day and Europe, Constantinople, and then Bank. Twenty-seven passengers Persia and India. Mr. Ford took and members of the crew were up flying while on furlough in landed.-Reuter. Britain. He had been in the air The Malabar is a vessel of Crystal Pal. for only 50 or 60 hours before 4,512 fons, and is owned by Burus setting out on his venture on a Philip and Co., Ltd. second hand Gypsy Moth, with a built in 1925 at Glasgow.] Gypsy One engine, which he
hoped to sell to the Chinese Gov. ernment, The flight has no spe-
·
The
Budapest, Yesterday. During a service at the prin- cipal synagogue last night a man, apparently suddenly demented. whipped out a revolver and fired renentedly in the midst of the congregation. Two persons were The killed and five wounded. man, who was arrested, is said to be an egineer named Zatloka, aged 68, and a Catholic anti Semite.-Reuter,
MOTOR MISHAP.
EUROPEAN REMOVED TO HOSPITAL.
of. the
ed publication.
There are indication at present brought down the tottering walls filled thousands of re- of a complete break up of the and Party rather than a reconciliation fugees camped in the out- City with of the forces of active revolution skirts
The renewal of fires, under Stennes and the forces of panic. legal action under Hitler fanned by a strong breeze, and the rumour, that bandits, headed Reuter.
by the notorious Sandino, were massing to attack the city has in- creased the fear of the populace. Huge Death Toli.
Later. The death roll is now estimated at least at 5,000. Every inmate, numbering 700, was killed in the collapse of the hospital and peni- tentiary.
ADMIRAL PRATT.
RETIRES FROM COMMAND OF US. GRAND FLEET.
SUCCESSOR APPOINTED.
Bandit's Message.
New York, Yesterday.
A report from Mexico City
New York, Yesterday. Admiral Frank Herman Schofield has, been nominated to succeed Admiral William Veaxic Pratt as Commander-in-Chief of states that Sandino has sent a the United States Fleet.-Reu-message to his representative ter's American Service.
here saying that he has ordered [Admiral Pratt was born in the cessation of all offensive 1869 and graduated at the U.S.movements. Naval Academy in 1889, being promoted to Ensign in 1801. During the Spanish-American The revised estimates of the Kilby, a resident of the European War he served on the Mayflower, loss of life and destruction Y.M.C.A., with Mr. Cyril Collins, of During the Great War he was on property show lower figures than the R.F.A. Belgol as pillion rider, the staff of the Commander of previously.
A motor cycle, driven by Mr. D.
1 collided with a tramcar in Queen's the Torpedo Flotilla attached to The
Lower Figures?
Managua, Thursday.
of
United States Marine.
Road East near the R. E. Barracks the Atlantic Fleet and was ap- Corps estimate the victims at 1 at 5 p.m. yesterday.
0
Mr. Collins was removed to the pointed assistant chief of naval 1,000 dead and 1,000 injured,
operations in 1917. He was pro-raany seriously.
3 Naval Hospital duffering from a
0 fractured right arm, whilst the moted to Rear-Admiral in 1921 and commanded the fourth 2 Notts Forest 4 driver escaped with minor injuries, battleship division in 1928.]
Division
7 Stoke 2 Cardiff III-South.
8
2
3 Southend
1
5 Newport
Brentford Brighton
3 Swindon
1 Bournemouth
3 Exeter
6 Walsall
ROYAL ASSENT.
His Excellency the Governor has O given his assent, in the name and 1 on behalf of Majesty the King, to Othe following Ordinances passed by 5 the Legislative Council:-
law re-
Ordinance No. 7 of 1931.---An 2 Ordinance to amend the
lating to Deportation.
She was
Earlier News.
Sydney, Thursday. 4,500-ton London steamer
Fulham Gillingham Notts Co. Queen's P.R. Thomes Watford
1
I
4 Clapton O.
2 Norwich
+
4 Coventry
1
2 Wrexham
- Division III-Northern.
cial feature, for he expressed the Malabar, from Melbourne to Singa- opinion that he might as well re- pore, etruck a reef during a fog Barrow Carlisle turn to work in Shanghai by air this morning near Port Jackson,
as by sea. An earlier report Twenty-seven passengers and the Doncaster stated:-The British airman, crew managed to reach the shore. Hartlepools Mr. Ford, who is on a flight to and it is expected that the Mala-Lincoln Shanghai, was caught in a severe bar will founder and become a total Nelson snowstorm and fell to the ground lo88.-Reuter.
at Tatol.
His machine was de-
stroyed, but the airman fortun- CUT IN SALARIES. ately escaped scatheless.]
VICEROY OF INDIA.
LORD WILLINGDON SAILS TO ASSUME POST.
GREAT. SEND-OFF..
BAD NEWS FOR DUTCH EAST
INDIES' OFFICIALS."
+
Batavia, Yesterday. Five per cent. has been lopped off the salaries of Dutch East Indles civil and military officials
| from July 1, and another five per The following names of success. fal tenderers without the amounts
cent on January 1 next, with a London, Yesterday quoted are notified for general in
Lord Willingdon sailed for view to reducing the public ex- Government formation. In the
India to assume the Viceroyalty, penditure.-Reuter. Gazette:LAY
Reconstruction of Bowen Road Representatives of HM the
Conduit. Sang Les & Co.
King, the Prime Minister, with ARMED ROBBERY. Reconditioning Road, New Ter host of friends gave him a great Mr. Baldwin, Lord Reading and a ritories Pang Loong & Co.
Quarters for Forestry Reserve, Bend-oft at Victoria Station- Taipo Pang Loong & Co. Reuter.
Reinstatement of Government
Retaining Walle-Bang Lee, & Co. LIQUOR AND TOBACCO DUTIES.
Demolition of the "Eyrie, No. 8,
TEACHER AND FATHER -HELD UP,
New Brighton
Rochedale Southport Tranmere York
1 Rotherham
2. Stockport
1 Darlington
4. Halifax
2 Wigan
:
COLONEL JAILED.
SIGNATORY TO REBEL MANIFESTO.
-SPAIN'S TROUBLES.
Madrid, Yesterday. The Supreme Court of Military Ordinance No. 8 of 1991.-An Justice, which has been trying Ordinance to amend further the the signatories to the revolution- ary manifestó of last December slaw relating to Larceny.,
2
President Moncada places the material losses at £3,000,000.
Thirty thousand refugees are. encamped outside the city, some scantly attired in bedclothes.
Compulsory vaccination is be- ing enforced in view of the bad hygienic conditions due to the prolonged exposure of the corpsеB and a breakdown in the sanitary arrangements.
The
American Minister, Mr. Hanna, has taken charge of the Reuter's American
situation. Service.
}
Ordinance No. 9 of 1931-An has sentenced a Colonel to eight PERUVIAN MUTINY.
0 Ordinanca to provide for the in-months' imprisonment for "negli-
1 corporation of the Procurator in gence" and two Lieut-Colonels to SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO LONG
1 Hong Kong of the Salesian So-six months each.
ciety.
1 Hull
1 Accrington
BURY
3 Crewe
Cardiff
2 Chesterfield. 0 CHARLTON 4 Gateshead
Who'll Win?
TO-DAY'S LEAGUE GAMES
AT HOME.
[Exclusive to Chíos Mall- By Liuesman."]
2 EVERTON --
PLYMOUTH
V. Stoke
WOLVES
v. Burnley
v. Bradford
Y. Millwall
PORT VALE Y. Tottenham SWANSEA v. Oldham WEST BROM. v. Notts Forest
Division HIL-South,
BOURNEMO'
v. Torquay
Clapton D. V. CRYSTAL PAL.
v.. Gillingham Exeter
COVENTRY
Fulham
Norwich NOTTS CO. The following is a Hst of Home QUEEN'S PR. football matches to-day.The Swindon.
Thames teams in black type may "win"
Newnort where no black type is shown the Watford match may result in a draw:
ENGLISH LEAGUE.
ARSENAL B'MINGHAM
Whilst out for a walk with his BLACKBURN father in Kwong Wah Street near Blackpool The Peak." Lam Construction Co In accordance with the reaolu- Dundas Street at 11.30 o'clock last DERBY,
Loads
: 23-
Division L
V. Chelten
V. Bolton
V. Newcastle
7. WEDNESDAY
v...Middlesbro Y.GRIMSBY
Нито
Aston Villa
Supply of Summer uniform for tions passed by the Legislative night, Chan Sin-mo; a teacher: Leicester boarding officers, boatmen and sta Council on February 26, the siding at $7 Pitt Street, was at Manchester C. v. Huddersfield men ete of the Harbour Depart Colonial Treasurer gives notice that tacked by four men, two of whom PORTSMO mentHee Hing, M the figure lepresenting the average produped revolvera. A third man SHEFFIELD v Liverpoo Making uniforms for the Rail-opening selling rates for the month secrched the victims, and relieved SHEFFIELD U. v. Liverpool
SUNDERLAND. Manchester. I
Division, IL re way Department Tung Hing Co. of March, 1981, of the Hong Kong them of money, keys and letters, to
Supply of coal to the Peblid and Shanghai Ranking Corporation the value of $42,70,7LARE F
Barnsley BOUTHAMP The robbers made their escape in BRADFORD C. v. Preston': N.Z. Works Department Lee Hine for demand drafts on London is
the direction of Waterloo Roath, BRISTOL C Beading Motor Transport Co.
led at:
Y. LUTON
LUTON
v. Brentford V.. Brennu
Bristol R.
v.
v. Brighton
Y. SOUTHEND
V. Wains
V. NTHAMPTON ** Division III North,
DARLINGTON V. Barrow
Doncaster
WREXHAM
GATESHPAD v. Crowe
Halifax
Hartlepools full
LINCOLN Naison
Brighton
NOCKPORT
WIGAN
Ten other offi- cers have received lighter sén- tences. Reuter,
LUGGERS SUNK.
CREWS DROWNED DURING A STORM
Perth, West Australia,
Yesterday,
A message from Broome states that three pearling luggers were sunk in a storm, their Asiatic crews being lost. Two luggers went ashore-Reuter.
APPOINTMENTS.
Divisional
Mr. Cecil Graham Perdue has been appoluted 2 Superintendent Director
TERMS.
UP TO TWENTY YEARS.
New York, Yesterday
A message from Lima-stated that 29 non-commissioned officers and privates have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from one to 20 years for partici- pation in the mutiny of infantry Reuter's regiments last weeks American Service.
EUROPEAN STOWAWAYS.
Three European stowaways Ar- rived in the Colony yesterday. Two Russian aubjects, V. Sevolod C. Kuain and N:" Sibogotulin, were re- turned here after attempting to
of Police, and stowaway to Manila on board the 18.8. President Taft. They were Criminal
Investigation, discovered on March 29. with effect from January 1, 1990, An Austrian youth Stephen Kiss His Excellency the Governor has also tried to obtain a free passage appointed the following Committee from Shanghai on the e.s. Coblenz. to advise him regarding applications On arrival in Hong Kong he was CHESTERFIELD under the Companies Ordinance, arrested.
V. SOUTHPORT
YORK
TRANMERE
Carilaln
ACCRINGTON
W Rochdale
Both Tham Scottish League. ABERDEEN Y. Falkirk Airdrie, Nate v St. Mirzen: CELTIC REY LÁTT Best Thov. HAMILTON' HEARTS
K'MARNOCK V. Hiberniani HAMPTON: Morton
V. RANGERS Partick
Queen's Park
Mothers
Clyde
··Stated to have been self inflicted
1911, (as amended by the Companies Ordinance, 1980), for authority to act as Auditors in respect of Com- panies, other than China Com-on board the s.8. Borneo, whilst од a voyage from Baigon to panies, registered under the prin- Hong Kong. Chan Taung (25), a cipal Ordinance, which keep their accounts in Chinese
passenger, was removed to the Gov arnment Civil Hospital suffering The Honourable the Secretary for from superficial scalp wounds, The Chinese Affaira (Chairman), Mr.
LiPo-kwal, Mr. Ko Leung-wo, Mr, man is alleged to have attempted to T. N. Chau, Mr. Ip Lan-tsun
commit suicide.