Sparton Modes 10
NEW BRITISH AIR SERVICE.
England to South
Africa.
EVERY WEEK.
Rugby, Yesterday?
On Wednesday a thirty-eight senter aeroplane will set out from
SPARTON SUPER MODERN
Radio
Your Dealer
IDEAL RADIO
SERVICE
The
KE THE NEWSRAFERENTENPAS
Library, Supreme Court
China Mail
Tel. 27806. No. 28,008
ESTABLISHED 1845.
HONG KONG, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1932.
GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN INDIA
A BOMB EXPLOSION?
Two Chinese Injured.
Croydon on the first stage of its People in the vicinity of No. eight thousand miles' journey to 125, Portland Street, at about Cape Town, and thereafter a re midnight last night were startled gular weekly service in both directions, between London and to hear a terrific explosion on the South Africa, is projected.
Arst floor of that address. The
After a month of trial trips cause of the explosion is so far with mails only, passengers will unknown, but it is not unlikely that a bomb had been placed there.
be taken.
The aeroplanes will cover the distance in eleven days, which, it is hoped, will later be reduced
On investigation two Chinese were found to have been
men
moved, later, to the Kowloon Hos slightly injured. They were re-
pital.
fixed at £130, including Considerable damage was done
BC-
to the landing, a large hole being
to nine days.
The fare has been provisionally commodation en route.
Five types of aircraft, inclad the house was practically destroy ing giant flying boats, will be used during each journey. Bried. A quantity of small pieces of metal were picked up around the
tish Wireless Service,
BURMA RICE.
Reduced Exportable Surplus.
London, Yesterday.
blown in the floor. The door of
place where the detonation occur- red.
U.S. AND THE GOLD STANDARD.
New York, Yesterday. The United States will not
The Government of Burma re- abandon the gold standard, ac- ports that the exportable sur cording to an assertion made by plus of rice is likely to be con- siderably less than was expected, said that the country's banking a high banking authority, who owing to the failure of the late system was in rains.-Reuter.
a splendid posi [India and
tion to meet any sudden call from Burma together foreigners-Reuter. are estimated to yield 35 million tons of rice.]
M. BRIAND AND SIR JOHN SIMON.
Paris, Yesterday.
he retains the liveliest memories of sincere sympathy as a result of their all too brief collabora-
tion in recent months, and offers the most cordial wishes for
NO-RENT CAMPAIGN FLICKERING OUT
RETURN TO SANITY
IMPRISONED CONGRESS LEADERS SOON FORGOTTEN.
Rugby, Yesterday. Reports concerning the second week's opera tion of the special Government measures in India are reassuring. In most Provinces, notably Central Provinces and Assam, there has been little Madras, the Punjab, Bihar and Orissa, Bengal, the activity, and, apart from the North-West Province, a general absence of trouble in rural areas.
The situation in Bombay City is well under control, and Congress has received only lukewarm support in the rest of the Presidency.
..
TO-DAY'S
- The
DOLLAR closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/4 11/16.
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
BOY - BANDIT
SLAIN.
By A Woman Single-Handed.
19-YEAR-OLD TERROR.
(Reuter's Special Service)
Bucharest, Yesterday,
Popa, Roumania's nineteen-year- old boy bandit, the terror of the countryside, has been slain by a woman single-handed.
Popa hnd attacked a party of villagers, and, having shot a man, the latter's wife felled him from was grappling with another, when behind with an axe.
LAUSANNE CONFERENCE.
1888 DUNLOP the Pioneer
1932 DUNLOP still the Leader
CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER OFFICES STONED
ATTEMPT TO BURN DOWN A CONVENT
STRIKES IN SPAIN
CLASHES BETWEEN SOCIALISTS REPUBLICANS AND TRADITIONALISTS.
Bilbao, Yesterday.
Following a clash between Socialist-Republican supporters and Traditionalist, opponents in the new regime in Spain, a mob of Socialists and Republicans stoned and attempted to set fire to two Catholic newspaper offices and a convent. The Traditionalists fired on the attackers, killing three, while several persons, including two policemen, were wounded. Infantry were called out, and thirty-five Traditionalist leaders arrested.
Socialists and Republicans, in a consequence, have called a gen- the streets are deserted. eral strike as a protest against the action of the Traditionalists. All' activities have been brought to a standstill. Shops have closed, and
Will It Meet?
WHO'LL ATTEND? In the United Provinces the failure of the no-ference and the composition of
Paris, Yesterday. The date of the Lausanne Con- rent campaign has been a significant feature, and the delegations is still undecided, in the large towns of the Provinces there is a de- according to a semi-official re of the prison in Bilbao to-day, and secured the release of three A crowd of two thousand workers demonstrated in front finite tendency for disturbances to settle down.
port of a French agency. In the North-West Province, although many ference will be held, or whether triumphal cheers-Reuter.
It is Communists arrested following the disorders mentioned in the not yet even known if the Con- preceding telegram. They carried off the prisoners amid revive in some centres, general improvement con- the latter only, or simply ex- arrests are still necessary and disaffection tends to the delegates will be the Pre- tinues,
miers and Finance Ministers, or
BOMBS FOR CIVIL GUARDS.
In the Bombay Presidency the position gen- erally is quiet.
The arrest of leading agitators and the seizure of notified places continue. A considerable num several cases disclaimers or apologies have been ber of those arrested have since been released. In accepted by District Magistrates.
Occasional hartals have received comparative-
M. Briand, replying to Sir happy accomplishment of Sirly little support.
John Simon's letter,
says that John Simon's task.-Reuter.
KILIMANJARO ALMOST
SCALED
BRITISH GIRL'S FEAT AT MOUNTAIN - CLIMBING
WITHIN 2,000 FEET OF TOP.
Remainder of Party Retire with Mountain - Sickness.
(Reuter's Special Service.)
Dar-es-Salaam, Yesterday.
Reports state that the removal of the principal agitators has had a salutary effect everywhere.
In the United Provinces orders prohibiting processions and meet- ings have been generally obeyed, and much less enthusiasm for the no-rent campaign has been shown.
Allahabad is still the worst centre of activity in the United Provinces, although no further serious clash between the police and processions has occurred.
In Bengal the situation generally is quiet, and the anti-Govern ment movement has not gained momentum.
A decrease of important crime, as compared with the previous week, is recorded in Burma, where surrenders continue, particularly in the Prome District.-British Wireless Service."
THE IMPERTURBABLE HINKLER.
Hinkler, who played a game of golf on arriving at, Casablanca after his. South Atlantic flight, is an im- perturbable fellow, with no non- sense about him. The last thing hej
the hero,
A young Surrey girl has succeeded in climbing would want to do would be to play alone to within two thousand feet of the summit of Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain.
The male members of the party, to which she belonged, were overcome by mountain-sickness at 17,000 feet and had to retire to the nearest rest camp.
The young lady is the daughter of Mr. W. H. Bingham, a retired African business man.
Flying is just the day's work to him, as I once discovered, to my comfort, during my earlier experi-
ences of the air, writes a paragraph- ist in a London daily.
I had been taken up by a pilot who thought it fun to loop and roll" me. There was none of that about and generally play the deuce, with Hinkler, then an, almost unknown flyer.
He did his job quietly and well, Kilimanjaro, the great mountain of East Africa, is the highest stunts had anything to do with it and did not see that thrills and known summit of the continent, rains to a height of 19,720 feet in a For which I was thankful. volcanie, cone from a plateau of 8,000 feet. Though completely isolated it is but one of the several summits that crown the eastern edge of equatorial Africa. It issituated about 200 miles due south There must come a time in the of Mt. Kenya
life of every tennis player when he
The major axis of Kilimanjaro runs almost east to west, and on it or she says, " Is it worth It? I} rise two principle summits, Kibo in in the west and Mawenzi (Kilawn tennis the only thing in life? mawant) (16,892-1) in the east, Kibo being the higher of the two. Are there not other things more im These two peaks are about 7 miles apart, being separated by a saddle portant? What will be
or plateau about 14,000 ft. in altitude.
The lava slopes of the Kibo peak are covered
200 ft. with an ice cap, which, wher
glaciers. The crater walls are
rising from the rim of this
the
when I cannot play depth of some Fame is an ephem
to me
more? When
FINE TO CLOUDY.
The Royal Observatory's re- port issued to-day states:-
The anti-cyclone is nearly atationary to the N.E. of Che- foo.
Forecast N. E. winde, fresh; fine to cloudy.
Bainfall.
Rainfall for 24 hours' end- ed at 10 am. todaynil
Total since January 1-all against an average of 0.58 inch deficit 0.58 inch.
Temperature.
The temperature at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock was:
Hong Kong Macao
Pratas Isl
Foocho Manil
Amo
78886979
perts. Reuter.
At Valencia two bombs were thrown into the barracks of the Civil Guard.
THE
THE DISORDERS
Washington, Yesterday. Two carabiners were disarmed by strikers In an affray in Both Houses have voted four connection with a strike of metal workers at Sagunto, to cover the expenses of the Ameri-work. hundred and fifty thousand dollars. At Barcelona six thousand textile operatives have struck can delegation to the Disarmament Conference. Reuter's American Service.
Negotiations Are Continuing.
Paris, Yesterday. While negotiations are actively continuing between the Young. Plan basis for a provisional Reparations signatories with a view to finding a
agreement, there ia a growing opinion in international circles that present, out of the question, accord- a definite and detailed solution is, at
ing to a semi-official statement.
It is believed that France and
DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE.
Possible French Delegation.
U.S. VOTE. EXPENSES.
IN HAWAIL
Special Session Legislature. REVISION OF LAWS.
Paris, Yesterday, Britain are nearing an agreement, Disarmament Conference will be The French delegation to the
Honolulu, Yesterday. but with a view simply to renewing appointed to-day by the Council, to-day in special session to deal The Hawaiian legislature met The following Ministers, it is with the situation arising out of understood, will comprise the de-assaulis on women, legation:-
the Hoover Moratorium to Germany
for a further six months or year.
Meanwhile, America's European tors, would, according to the same debtors, who are Germany's credi- statement, make a joint declaration
demanding identical treatment at the hands of the United States Gov- ernment as a condition to the exten- sion of the moratorium to Germany. -Reuter.
STUDENTS AT IT
AGAIN,
Nanking, Jan. 8. After keeping quiet for nearly a month, students from various parts of the country are reviving their agitation for a stronger polley
against Japanese aggression.
Nanking, Jan. 9. About 500 students from the Nan- king University, presented a pe tition to President Sun, Fo of the Executive Yuan this morning, de manding that the Government's policy towards Japan be announc ed and that General Chiang Kai- shek and Messrs. Wang Ching-wel and Hu Han-min be prevailed upon to proceed to the Capital as: FOOD as possible.The Government was also requested to render assistance, to the military commanders in the North-east. The students wer
were re- ceived by Dr. Kan Chich-hou, Ad- strative Vice-Minister of
from
M. Tardieu (President). M. Dumont. M. Dumesnil. M. Paul Reynaud. M. Paul Boncour
Reuter.
Washington, Yesterday,
It is probable that the law en forcement machinery will be overhauled, and that "rape with violence" will be made capital offence-Beuter","
M. Laval is sounding the United States regarding the possibility of boat for a prize of £15,000, Aldo Sailing round the world in a 20ft. an extension of the Hoover mora-Nardi, of Sydney, aged 25, as ar torium-Reuter's American Ser-rived at Monaco after six and a
half years' voyaging.
|vice."
"WHY ALL THIS BIRTH. CONTROL TALK?”
CATHOLIC PAPER VOICES A PROTEST
· PROTESTANTS CONFUSED
BIRTH CONTROL CLINICS DESCRIBED AS INFANTICIDE AGENCIES.