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SUPREME COURT STAFF.
SACRIFICES AGAIN?
BRITAIN'S PART IN
HOOVER PLAN.
!
One or More Deputy Registrars.
GOVERNOR'S PLEASURE.
In the Government Gazette is A FRESH BURDEN Puled an Ordinance to amend the published the draft of a Bill inti-
MR. SNOWDEN NOT IMPRESSED.
London, Yesterday.
HONG KONG, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1931.
HINDU - MUSLIN AFFRAY.
Police Open Fire at Oorgaum: Rioter Killed.
TROUBLE" OVER MUSIC.
Oorgaum, June 10. Following a Hindu-Muslim
affray last night, near the Nardy
CHIANG KAI - SHEK
FLIES.
Departure for Linchwan Kept Secret.
ANTI-RED OPERATIONS.
(Delayed by Censor).
Nanchang, Thursday. Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873. Droog mine, over the playing of expectedly took off by air for Marshal Chiat Kai-shek un- Section 13 of the Supreme music in front of a mosque by a Linchwan this morning. His de Court Ordinance, 1873, is amend- Hindu funeral procession, result- ed by the deletion of the wording in a Hindu being seriously parture was kept a very strict "two" in the second line and by injured and admitted to hospital, He is later flying to Kian and the substitution therefor of the a thousand Hindu labourers this other points in South Kiangal in word "one or more."
afternoon, broke through the order personally to direct the The objects and reasons Police cordon, threatening to as atate:-
sault the Muslims in the locality.operations against the bandits
The Police, finding the situa-and Communists-Reuter,
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secret.
Australian's New Route.
Sydney, Thursday.
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR- The dosing rato of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1s. 0:
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
DUNMOW FLITCH TRIAL,
Award to Couple with
Seven Children,
A HAPPY YEAR,
TO CAR OWNERS-
Use RUBBER Matting for the Floor and Running Boards of your Car;⠀⠀
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More economical than
Carpet de Linoleum, NEATER and CLEANER,
Quotations fromi
Telephone 24584." I,!, * Dunlop Rubber Co. (China), Ltd. Eder Bldg.
BOMBER LAUNCHED
BY CATAPULT
Giant Power in Small Compass.
4,000 H.P.
-
UNIVERSITY CONGRESS
EMPIRE DELEGATES IN LONDON.
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PRINCE OF WALES AS PRESIDENT.
London, Yesterday. The Prince of Wales was to-
The ancient trial for the award A huge bombing aeroplane, of the Dunmow Flitch, which weighing nearly nine tons, wAS originated in the thirteenth cen catapulted into the air at Farn- FINE RECEPTION the happy married couple who a box catapults a stone. tury and confers-recognition on borough, Hampshire, as easily as can prove that they have lived to It was a new air wonder; a gether for a year and a day with new scientific achievements again this year at Ilford. out contentious strife, was held By this means a big bombing The judge was Sir James Conair," instead of having to take a machine can be flung into the nolly, Agent-General for Malta, long run along an aerodrome. Some pointed remarks were
and the jury awarded the Flitch "An experiment in launching made by Mr. Philip Snowden in Section 18 of the principal
to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Joseph an aeroplane by catapult they day received by the Lord Mayor the House of Commons to-day Ordinance requires two Deputy tion menacing, opened fire a FLIGHT TO BRITAIN. Mr: Hands is a schoolmaster at have just watched at the Royal Stanley Baldwin (as Chancellor
Hands, a couple from Dulwich, called the demostration which 1 about British sacrifices under the Registrars for the Supreme reported that the shots caused
of London, the Sheriffs, Mr, Hoover Moratorium. He said Court. There is at present only the death of a Hindu and injury
Vauxhalt, S
Aircraft Establishment. It that he believed the country was one; the duties of accountant to another.
He told the court that he was was a completely successful ex-bridge and St. Andrews), and of the Universities of Cam- quite agreeable to shoulder the formerly performed by one of The Muslims in the neigh-
married on Whit Monday, 1912, periment. AGE SOL sacrifices which it had declared the Deputy Registrars being bourhood are also preparing for
end that he has seven children." Never before has so great. a. other distinguished educational- its' willingness to bear, but the now undertaken by another off- an attack on the Hindus and have
When counsel for the Flitch machine: been launched in this iste, upon the occasion of the British Government was not pre-cer. It is considered desirable to collected in large numbers, arm-
asked him, "What does your way; it has opened up a wider Pening of the Congress of Uni- wife do in her spare time??? he sphere of utility for the great versities of the Empire, at the pared to make further sacrifices continue the present arrange et with sticks. unless other parties to President meat and that the personnel of Adequate Police dispositions tralia to England was chosen by replied: "She spends all her time bombers which form such a vital The Prince of Wales, who is
Guildhall. Hoover's proposals were prepar- the Registry should be decided have been made by the Mysore the Australian airman, Captain looking for spare time."****** ́part of our air fleet. ed to co-operate in the matter. by the Governor according to State authorities to mest deve-Chichester, who took off this morn-claimed complete happiness for a the "shooting" was designed and message of welcome from His There were three couples who The new catapult, which does President of the Congress, read & Mr. Snowden's observations the requirements of the time, lopments. were made in connection with a This Ordinance amends section
year and a day, and a singular constructed at the RAF experi. Majesty, who thought that a statement that the Moratorium 13 of the principal. Ordinance ac-
feature of this year's trial mental station. It is a fearsome periodic interchange of views proposal would involve a British cordingly.
all came from the London dis monster when in operation, but conduced to the mutual welfare trict, the other two living at it is so designed that there is no of all Empire Universities. Forest Gate and Seven Kings. difficulty in transporting it from The Prince also said that a
They were examined by a pince, to place.. formidable array of counsel on There no existing ma both sides, Mr. Joseph Toole, chinery with which it can be M.P., being the leading repre compared. sentative of the Flitch, while One simple fact will show Commander Kenworthy M.P. how revolutionary is its con more he was convinced that the and the Rev. Herbert Dunnico, struction the fact that in less Deputy Speaker of the House of than two seconds this catapult Commons, were the principal ad- can develop 4,000 horsepower, or vocates of the claimants. 2 three times the capacity of the
world's fastest car
loss of eleven million sterling,
which, be a very serious burden EMIGRANTS' MEDICAL
upon the taxpayers.
Finance Bill Passed.
London, Thursday.
INSPECTION.
The House of Commons has Government Prescribes
passed the third reading of the Finance Bill, a Conservative amendment for its rejection be- ing defeated by 274 to 222.
The Fees.
TO INCLUDE VACCINATION. The Governor in Council has
Mr. Snowden, in the course of the debate, said that he hoped a satisfactory, settlement. would, be reached in the Franco-American Prescribed the following fees for negotiations at Paris, but he had the medical inspection in this to tell the House that the latest Colony of emigrants and crew information was not very satis-Ordinance: ot very
under the Asiatic Emigration factory-Reuter.
Reading in the Lords.
(a) in the case of emigrants whose port of departure is Rugby, Yesterday, Hong Kong - The third reading of the Fin- ance Ell, which incorporates the
$1 per head, including vac-
cination;
Government's-Land Tax-pro--(b)-In-the-case-of-emigrants
posals was debated in the House of Commons to-day and was car ried by 227 votes to 225.
The Bill, which was later read for the first time in the House of Lords, had been formally certi- fied by the Speaker of the House! of Commons as a money bill. (c) Under the Parliament Act of 1911, Bills so certified, if not passed by the House of Lords
passing through Hong Kong from other porta
GRAF ZEPPELIN'S.
FLIGHT.
Expedition to North Pole.
NEW ARRANGEMENTS.
Berlin, Yesterday." Though the idea of the meet- ing submarine Nautilus at the the Graf Zeppelin will fly to the North Pole has been abandoned, North Pole herself on a meteoro-
An unorthodox route from Aus
FAIR TO SHOWERY.
The weather report, issued at 10.37 this morning by the Royal Observatory, Kow loon, states: A
The Northern depression: appears to have filled 'up.". Another has formed North of Yangtze Valley.
forecast:
Local
S.W. winds; moderate; fair to showery.
The Milk Bottles, Ac According to established pro- And all this energy, is develop. cedure, the jury was composed of ed in two small cylinders with Bix-spinsters and six bachelors, mushroom-shaped heads of steel logical and scientific expedition. ing in a Moth plane fitted with worthy objected to them on the diameter
and so when Commander Ren- not fuch nore than two feet in Prior to the Arctic flight, the floats to fly via New Guinea, the ground that inexperienced per These cylinders, which form commander, Dr. Eckener, hopes Philippines, Formosa and Japan sons could not be expected to ap- the engine proper are cleverly to fly over Britain, and land, if and thence via Kamchatka, the preciate the niceties and difficu!geared to a giant drum, around possible, near London, about July Aleutian Islands, Yukon, Canada, ties of married life, tradition cut geaceable revolves at terrific Greenland, Iceland and the Faroeeighed apparent reason with speed during the two seconds
16.
Armature Arrives,
London, Yesterday.
The massive armature, weigh- ing nearly four tons, to replace 50 cents per head, including the damaged machinery in the vaccination, if considered Polar submarine Nautilus, has
said and in the case of a crew- 30 cents per head.
without amendment, may become COMMONS.
law without the concurrence of the Upper House, upon Royal as- sent being signified. British Wireless Service.
AN AGREEMENT REACHED.
Instagraded (ongegewerkt met
Conditions Laid Down.
The
Paris, Yesterday!
negotiations between
"SCENE"
SEQUEL:
Unruly Members to Apologise.
to the North Pole--Beuter.
NAVAL OFFICER'S
ORDEAL.
Dismissed on Charge of Theft
COMIC ALLEGATION.”
Islands-Reuter.
APPOINTMENTS.
and
launched. ASHANTINIS,
century ago there were only eight Universities in the whole Empire. To-day delegates were present from seventy. AS P
the more he travelled the best brains and abilities were re- quired for finance, commerce, and industry
The Congress is to meetin Edinburgh on July 6.-Reuter
ROBBED AFTER A WARNING.
Confidence Trick Reaps
£3,000 Haul.
the judge's prompt decision when the aeroplane is being AUSTRALIAN INNOCENT. against him.
Examination
cross The motive power-is-of-com-Scotland Yard detectives are examination or the claimants pressed air, supplied from six seeking a member of a gang of has was conducted with an air of other cylinders giving a pressure confidence tricksters who His Excellency the Governor has
happy badinage.
of 600lb. per square inch. been responsible for carrying out Mr. Hands confessed that his There were breathless mo- one of the most difficult examples necessary by any medical arrived from New York, and is appointed Mr. C. G. S. Mackle to be favourite author was Lamb, and ments during the preliminaries of the confidence trick known to officer appointed as afore- being fitted at Devonport dock- member of the Authorized the others for whom he had for the testing of this queer cate the British police t
yard under the supervision of Sir Architects Consulting Committee affection were Francis Bacon and pult & PANT
The victim was a South Aus- Hubert Wilkins, leader of the during the absence on leave of Mr. John Drinkwater Take Vickers Virginia bomber, tralian visitor to London and he proposed submarine expedition John Owen Hughes or until fur-I suggest sald Mr. Toole, twin-engined, and of such naize was deceived in spite of the fact ther notes. Our "that you are a man who is fond that a man could, walk comfort that he had been warned pre-
His Excellency the Governor has of his stomach. All your authors ably under the wings, was viously by a Scotland Yard offi appointed Mr. J.J. Paterson to be a have to do with eating and brought into position, and to this cer that his newly made friend be a member of the Authorized drinking
one end of the cable from the wes believed to be a well-known
confidence trickster. Architects' Consulting Committen Mr. Haroldu Camp, of Seven drum was attached. during the absence on leave of Mr. Kinge said that his hobby was Very Simple. ***** |7 After (the Australian was told A. S. MackIchau or until further putting out the milkbottles at The cable passed from the he spoke to his new acquaintance
night. notice. A
under part of the plane to a drum about the matter, and the con- His Excellency the Governor, has Mr. Toole You come home sun in the ground about 100 fidence man immediately sug- appointed Mr. J. J. Paterson to be late enough for that do you? yards ahead and was then gested that the informant was a member of the Authorised MrComp---L'didn't. say: I took brought to the drum on the cata- in all probability a fraud and Architects Consulting
them in.
pult itself, which was fixed at was not a detective during the absence on leave of Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Camp and Mr. the back of the bomber. He further suggested that it B. D. 17. "Befth" or until further and Mrs. Joseph Lillls, of Forest The operation of launching is would be in the interests of both notice.
Gate werd awarded a second very simple the cable revolves if they approached the mana fitch to be shared between around the drum in front of the geress of the hotel to discover them.
machine at such a speed that the whether she was satisfied the bomber is just flung into the air. man was a detective. The mana er Squadron-Leader Caster was absolutely certain of the and Flight-Lieutenant Ryde officer's bona fides They sat alde by side in the The confidence man then turn- great pit carefully adjusted ed to the Australian and said, their parachutes, then gave the The manageress is quite sure. rendy signal VA Therefore, there can be no doubt For precisely two seconds was but that he was a genuine Scat- an inferno behind the bomberland Yard officer, and it is up to By the pulling of a piece of cord you and me to take notice of the a man had answered the pilot's warning I have a lot of money Figdaland essed the ess on me, and so have you. taxes ed air from the six cy
TO CLOSE INCIDENTADD
France and America have been in Rugby, Yesterday, successful. Havaa,
Malta Yesterday
Committee
Mr. Philip Snowden stated in Paris, Yesterday.. the House of Commons to-day A Court Martial here has ac- A Franco-American agreement that certain members of the Left quitted Lieut. Commander Joseph has been reached regarding the Wing of the Labour Party who Reid of a charge of theft. TENDERS ACCEPTED Moratorium, but the Young Plan took some part in the scene In A Police Inspector asserted signatories must confer regard the House yesterday, when the that he was watching through The following names of siLC ing the guarantee France gave Glasgow member, Mr. McGovern, holes bored in a cupboard, and cessfull tenders with under the Plan to deposit, with was removed, and later suspend-Raw Reid steal a 10% note a amounts divulged are the Bank of International Set-ed, will publicly apologise to the foring and four pence from the for general information in the tlements 25 million sterling, if Speaker on Monday, and the in-pocket of a Chinese who was Government Gazetter Lanthana Germany were given a mora- cident will thus be closed, torium Reuter.
British Wireless Service
BONUS DISPUTE.
Bethlehem Steel Co Win Out.
RA.F-MISHAP,
Schneider Cup Plane
bathing and PRKET
Amidshipman, for the de- 24" Kal Tak fence, vigorously rebuted the of Aeroplane Hang charge us being ridiculous and Bang comic.It was said that Reid's Enancial osition was quite 3Masa sound-Rauter
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GRAVE WARNING
Danger of An
the Bided
LONDON'S HISTORIC Two pilots were in the bomb gerens assured them that the
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FARTHING IN POUND.
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