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MONDAY, MAY 30, 1932.
YANKEES LIKELY PREMIER'S STATEMENT
CHAMPIONS
Ruppert's Squad Beat
Senators.
RUTH AND FOXX
"HOMER" AGAIN
No Clean Sweeps in Double Headers
The heavy hitters in the American Baseball Leagues are now in full stride and the week- end games saw some high scor- ing with a flock of home-runs,
Babe Ruth, secking another home-run crown (he tied with his team-mate Lou Gehrig, last sea-
to lead a terrific batting on-
ON LAUSANNE
PROBLEM OF DWINDLING INTERNATIONAL TRADE
IMPORTANCE TO BRITAIN
MR. MacDONALD DETERMINED TO ATTEND.
London, Yesterday.
A statement that the British Government re-
POLICE CHECK SHANGHAI DEMONSTRATORS
Anniversary of May 30.
Incident of 1925
A
Shanghai, To-day.” Several attempts at demon- strations were made this morn- Ing, on the occasion of the anniversary of the May 30 in- cident in 1925.
Incidents occurred in the French Concession and the International Settlement,
but the police had no difficulty in checking the demonstrators.— Reuter.
son) slugged ons over the fence presentatives to the Lausanne Conference would TWO BODIES FOUND press to the utmost for consideration of, not even merely debts and reparations, but also the bigger problem of dwindling international trade, was made by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Premier, in an interview with the Daily Mail at Lossiemouth.
slaught by the Yankees against their closest rivals, the Washing ton Senators. The "Bambino" is advancing age and he is again the greatest "draw" to the base ball public.
as brilliant as ever despite his
The Yankees are in great form this season and are almost cer- tain to win the American League and thus break the Athletics'
long sequence of wins. Colonel Ruppert, the Yankees' manager. has the hardest hitting nine in the League at his disposal and he is confident that the early lead established will be maintained.
He said that it was an international problem, which no nation was able to settle for itself.
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A CHINESE WILL DISPUTE
Merchant Who Died 11 Years Ago,
FAMILY AT VARIANCE
Two Documents Propounded.
The local estate of a Chinese merchant who died nearly 11 years ugo, is the matter of a dispute' be- tween members of his family, and this morning an action was opened before the Chief Justice (Sir Joseph H. Kemp, K.C.), in which both are propounding the will which they ask the Court to declare was
the last will and testament of the
deceased.
The parties in the action
are
TWO DEATH SENTENCES PASSED
PRISONERS NOT OUT- WARDLY AFFECTED
VICTORIA GAP MURDER
PETITION TO PRIVY COUNCIL SUGGESTED.
Sentence of death was passed by Mr. Justice Wong Yu-shi, alias Yu Choy-ngo, J. R. Wood at noon to-day on Cheung Tsze-san and widow, of 9, Tam Woon Tong Road, Cheung Sau-fu, two of the three men who were Tai Pak Lau, Hong Kong, plaintif;|
and Wong Tsok-mai, alias Wong found guilty by the Jury at the April Assizes of Tsok-sum, merchant, of 14, Des murder of a young student named Tsang The bodies of two victims of the Wang Teok-iam, minor, of 9, Tam Tai-kai, at Victoria Gap on February 18.
Voeux Road West, second floor, and
..
life-boat fatality in harbour on Woon Tong Road, Tai Pak Lau,
The prisoners, who had evidently already been He hoped that the Lausanne Conference would Friday night were recovered by the Hong Kong, defendants,
told of their fate, were quiet throughout the short The plaintiff claims boldly tackle it, in all its aspects. The Premier Water Police at 12.30 p.m. yester-Executrix of the last will made on
made time they were in the dock and did not show any expressed his determination to go to Lausanne be- day, near the Kowloon City ferry or about September 18, 1921, of sign of motion when the dreaded words were pro- cause he believed the business to be transacted wharf.
Wong Taz-ng, allas Wong Tak nounced. Warders touched them on the shoulders there was essential to Great Britain's future eco- They were taken to the Kowloon ching, alias Wong Ka-tung, late of nomic position. Reuter,
mortuary where they were identified Lin Yeung Village, So Wan To, and they turned round and walked calmly down
Ching Hoi District, Kwangtung, the steps leading to the cells below, as Tsit Iu-tong (21), and Chung and of Hong Kong, who died on Ying (31), both males who were September 29, 1921; and to have
A few minutes later they were appeal, and he asked his Lordahly known to have been in the life-boat. ther or other order as may be just put into the Prison van in which grant a stay until the result of the the will established, and such fur-taken out of the Court building and after he had passed sentence to The accident, It will be recalled,
A Pretended WIIL occurred when 5 kie-boats, each
they were taken to Victoria Jall petition to the Privy Council became Her writ is fasted against Wong There Was a large gathering of known bota e carrying about 30 coolles, drew Tsoi-mui (first plaintiff) an the Chinese outside the Court to take Mr. Justice Wood: Do you found alongside the ss. Ben Lomond lying adopted and eldest son and one of a last glimpse of the condemned men your application on any legal pro- at Kowloon Bay. In scrambling to the next of kin of the deceased, and as they entered the van. reach on to the gangway, the coolies as the Executor according to the From 10 o'clock onward there was Mr. Fitzroy: Yes, on the ques→ on one of the life-boats caused it to tenor of what she alleges is a pre-a crowd of Chinese outside. the tion that the evidence was not such capsize. All 30 coolies were thrown tended Will which he alleges was Court House waiting to see the pri-that- into the water, but many were dictated by the deceased immediate-soners arrive, and from 11.80 the rescued.
His Lordship: What power have. ly after the will propounded by Court began to be filled by many I to arrest the sentence?
There Although only two bodies were plaintiff; and against Wong Tsok-spectators.
was only a Mr. Fitzroy: It is of no use to picked up, the Police believe that lam (second defendant) as the only handful of non-Chinese among go to the Privy Council after the more than two were drowned and other surviving son of the the de-them. Of the latter, a large pro-men had been hanged.
EXECUTION OF SMUGGLER
Indignation of Public.
TRANS PACIFIC FLIGHT
Failure of Oil Line.
The Athletics are recovering ground slowly, but Connie Mack's champions appear still unsettled by their defeat in the. world's series last year. Despite the brilliance of Jimmie Foxx who registered his 14 the homer of the season, they could only break even with lowly Boston. Al Simmons has lost some of his! dash, while the famous Lefty Grove, the greatest left-handed pitcher of all time" is not the Pang Cho-lap, an official of] American airman Nat Browne terror on the diamond that he the anti-Japanese Boycott So-who took off this morning for wast last year when he twirled ciety, was executed here on Tokyo returned at 1 p.m. due to his way to 17 successive vie: Saturday, after he had been a broken oll line. — Reuter's tories.
found guilty of smuggling Japan-American Service. Detroit just nosed out their ese goods into Kwangtung. On rivals in Chicago to hold third two occasions his execution had place while Cleveland recovered been postponed. During and in a double leader against St. after his trial the public express- Louis.
ed great indignation at
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Canton. Yesterday.
crime.-Reuter.
the
PARTNERSHIP DISPUTE
AMONG BROTHERS
CHIEF JUSTICE GIVES JUDGMENT THIS MORNING
DEFENDANT UPHELD
NO RELIEF FOR THREE PLAINTIFFS.
Seattle, Yesterday.
THE DOLE IN GERMANY
New Emergency Decree.
the search is being continued.
At the time of the accident the
ceased.
assistant
vision?
His Lordship: What power have were 1; can you show me any?
Mr. Fitzroy: I do not know of the powerlaid down in Ordinance.
portion were women and girls. The plaintiff further claims that Counsel present in Court Bfe-boats were returning from the in the will of September 13, 1921, Mr. R. E. Lindsell, Kowloon City pier to the ship, which propounded by her, she was the per- Attorney-General and Mr. T. Many
son Yu 3hi named therein as the Hazlerigg, acting Crown Solicitor, is being scrapped.
sole Executrix.
and Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, who was The plaintiff, who gives her age the prisoners' counsel at the trial. At 7.30 p.m. yesterday a Chinese as 48, sets forth that she is the Just before noon there arose. youth named Hui Wing (17), living deceased's tin fong wife, that is the murmer of expectation and then his Berlin, Yesterday.
at 4, Tang Lung Street, Wanchai, successor of his kit fat or lawful Lordship entered the Court where Cuts in the dole to sick pen was taken to the Government Civil wife who predeceased him. The upon there was complete silence and sioners, widows, and orphans are Hospital suffering from a fracture deceased was 39 years of age at the an atmosphere of expectancy. contained in the new emergency of the left leg. He accidentally time of his death and his adopted decree, which will be imposed this fell from a height of 80 feet down son, Tsok Mui, is now 35 and the seated, Mr. Fitzroy rose and said go with t
As soon as his Lordship had
week. Reuter.
the embankment from the S.C.A.A. second son, Task Chiu, is now 18. that before sentence was passed on ground into the Naval football field, One other son of the deceased who the prisoners he wished to say that at Caroline Hill. His condition is survived him was Wong Tsok-sum, be considered that the case was one reported to be good.
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in which a petition should go to the Privy Council for leave, to
QUO TAI-CHI GOING TO LONDON
Declines Post as Foreign Minister.
Nanking, Yesterday.
A local news agency reports that at yesterday's session of the Foreign Relations Commission Mr. Lo Wen-kan reigned his position as Foreign Minister, re-
succeed him, but Mr. Quo de-
In the Supreme Court, this morning, the Chief commending Mr. Que Tai-chi to Justice (Sir Joseph H. Kemp, K.C.) gave judgment clined, and announced that he is for the defendant in the partnership dispute, be- going to London immediately to tween 4 brothers, which has occupied several hear- take up the post of Minister to Britain to which he was recently ings during the month of March.
appointed. The plaintiffs in the action were Hung Yuk-Chiang Tao-pin is believed to sau, Hung King-cheong, and Hung Yu-fai, alias be returning to Tokyo, as For-
eign Minister, Heuter. Hung Shau-hing, brothers, all of 24, Ki Kon Lane, Amoy, who used another brother, Hung Hin (or] RAINFALL IN Huen) Ching, of 12, Lung Tau Street, Kulangsu, Amoy, who sued another brother, Hung Hin (or they (the plaintiffs) were partners in certain busi- nesses of which the defendant claimed to be the sole proprietor,
ENGLAND
Wettest May for 50 Years.
London, Yesterday. Bainfall for May in the Thames
Giving judgment his Lordship though his sole defence for a year aald:The Art quection in this was that there never was any Valley so far has been case is whether the plaintiffs and part orship, called no evidence; and ately 514 Inches, which the defendant were partners in the abandoned that defenos: wwes cord for the ram
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AUSTRALIAN POLICY
AT OTTAWA
WILL NOT DESCEND TO MERE BARGAINING
BIG ARRANGEMENTS
Melbourne, Yesterday.
"It is with the British Government that big arrangements will be made if we agree on big arrangements,” said Mr. Gullett, Minister of Trade and Customs, in discussing the Ottawa Conference here to-day.
"We do not intend to haggle, A War Correspondent. in the interests of trade, in any Minister of Trade and Customs ASPARERERA Mr. H. 8. Gullett has been
pirit of animosity. We certain since 1928; He is a former jour.
shan't attemp
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His Lordship: May be His Ex- cellency the Governor will defer- think your remedy is elsewhere. the carrying out of the execution.
Mr. Fitzroy: That may be só, but I take it that when your report goes in, this statement of mine will
His Lordship: I am recording it as part of the proceedings.
Lordship said:
Then donning the black cap, his
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