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China Mail
No. 28,124
EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR
PUBLICATION
HONG KONG, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1932.
FRANCHISE FRENCH HOPES DROP
IN INDIA
Big Increases in
Electorates.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF LOTHIAN COMMITTEE
Women Voters Increased
The
Illiteracy A Handicap.
London. Yesterday.
wholesale enfranchisement
FOR DAVIS CUP
RENE LACOSTE DEFEATED BY H.G.N. LEE
CECILE AUSSEM LOSES TO BETTY NUTHALL.
HELEN WILLS EXTENDED
THE IRISH OATH BILL
Passes Second Reading.
IN THE SENATE
"Foolish, Futile and a Mockery"
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
The Hall Mark of a Superlative Product
KING'S BIRTHDAY C. KINGSFORD-SMITH
CELEBRATION
Colourful Ceremony
at Cenotaph.
H.E. REVIEWS TROOPS
Inspiring Scenes of March Past.
Beneath lowering skles, Hong
and
Dublin, Yesterday. | Kong this morning celebrated tho The Senate to-day passed the King's birthday with the annual second reading of the Oath Bill, parade and review of troops at the President De Valera listened Cenotaph by His Excellency, the Officer Administering the Govern- for hours to attack on the Bill mont. of Indians is recommended in the
Auteuil, Yesterday. which one Senator described as The colourful ceremony culmin- report of the Franchise Committee headed by Earl Lothian, which is
Rene Lacoste's triumphant return to competi-"Foolish, futile and a mockery ated in the magnificent march past of the Colony's fighting forces to charged to devise a Franchise as a tive lawn tennis, which caused such jubilation in of delusion."
the martial strains of brass suitable foundation for a system of France in view of the retention of the Davis Cup, Quirke, formerly a prominent accompanied by the senior officers On the contrary. Senater pipe bands, while His Excellency The electorate for the Provincial was short-lived, for in the fourth round of the member of the Irish Republican of the Navy, Army and Air Force Legislatures would eventually be French Championships he went down before Army, declared that if the Sena- and their staffs, took the salute. raised from 7,000,000 to 36,000,000, H. G. N. Lee, the youthful British, Davis Cup play-would be disturters of the public past, the Royal Salute of twenty voted against the Bill they Immediately before the march (or 14 per cent, of the population): while the Federal Legature elec er, in four sets. Henri Cochet, however, kept the peace. torate is to be raised from 1,142,000 tricolour flying when he beat G. P. Hughes, who is be enfranchised as compared with also a British Davis Cup player.
responsible Government.
to 8,440,000-6,000,000 women will
315,000 at present.
one guns boomed out from Murray
KNIGHTED
K.C.B. FOR SHANGHAI BRITISH-CONSUL
A.
ROYAL APPOINTMENTS
SIX PEERAGES IN BIRTHDAY HONOURS,
Six new Peers, six Baronets, 28 Knighthoods and two Companions of Honour, have been created in the Birthday Honours list.
pointed to the rank of Honorary Air-Commodore His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is ap-
of the Auxiliary Air Forces.
mous Australian airman, Air Commodore Charles A Knighthood has been conferred on the fa-
Kingsford-Smith.
In commemoration of the coming-of-age of the Girl Guides' movement, His Majesty has ap- pointed Lady Baden-Powell, National Vice-Pre- sident of the movement to be a Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire.
If Irishmen, he said, were go- Parade Ground, and thousands ing to be kept from their nation- stood in silent homage while the al rights he would not hesitate band of the South Wales Borderers The Committee regretfully rules! In the Women's Singles Cham-er of the Wimbledon title, in the to tell, the young men to re-arm played the National Anthem.
themselves for battle.
To-day is the sixty-seventh birth out the present possibility of adult pionship Miss Betty Nuthall, Bri-third round.
tain's No. 1 ranking woman play-
Cochet Drops Set.
Dublin, Yesterday. franchise owing to illiteracy and
day of His Majesty, King George the Fifth, who has just entered administrative difficulties, but coun-er, had a narrow escape when G. P. Hughes, who is a better
The fact that the Oath Bill has upon the twenty-third year of his sels a wide extension of the present opposed to Fraulein Aussem, the doubles player, caused a mild sea- massed its second reading does reign, having acceded to the throne German holder of the Wimbledon sation when he succeeded in tak not mean that it will be un- system to include the general mass
on. May 6, 1910. title. Her opponent was very ing a set off the redoubtable opposed in its future stages; on of the population.
To every important section of the rash in playing so soon after her Cochet. The Frenchman had gain- the contrary the opposition will His Excellency arrived at the community they aim at giving sub-recent illness and was forced to ed a two Bet advantage when be most active in the committee Cenotaph shortly before 10 o'clock stantially increased representation; retire after both player and which captured for him onslaught stage when the real fight is ex-being met by the senior officers of Amoy and Canton.
won very closely contested sets. which him the third pected to begin. give labour franchise to a sufficient number of women to com- Madam Mathieu, France's No. 1 set. In the fourth set he was with- pel the Candidates to consider their ranking woman player, caused a in an ace of levelling the match, amend the terms of the Bill and by offer and men from the mild surprise when she defeated bat Cochet's court-craft told the will probably introduce a new HMS. Cberland and a contin- interests; and to raise the voting Miss Helen Jacobs in straight same old tale and his entry to the mandatory clause to safeguard gent from the 2nd Bat, Argyll strength of the depressed classes to a minimum of 10 per cent. of their sets. Her victory was anticipat- fifth round was assured.
to
to
population strength. From 2 5 per cent. of the seats in' the en- larged Provincial Legislatures are to be reserved for women members. ---Reuter.
LOCAL RESIDENTS
HONOURED
Two Well-Known Civil
Servants.
DESERVED DECORATIONS
ed, but it was thought that the American player would secure one set.
Fräulein Krahwinkel, who was runner-up at Wimbledon last year, fully extended Helen Wills in the second set of their semi- final encounter, but she was powerless to stop
the American champion from winning in straight sets.
British Player's Steadiness. Lee, who is experiencing a most successful season this year, has added yet another triumph, in his defeat of Rene Lacoste. Though not in the same class as Austin and Perry, Lee has had Two local Civil Servants have years of training before he came been honoured by H. M. the King into the limelight. His steadi according to a Government Gazette ness is perhaps the strongest Extraordinary issued this morning.point of his play. He walked
I. S. O.
away with the first two sets, but Mr. George Alexander Walker, the Frenchman recovered splen.: who has been appointed a Com-didly and almost levelled thei panion of the Imperial Service Or-match in the fourth set.. It will der, which is given for long and be recalled that Rene Lacoste faithful service of the Government caused wild speculation in the of Hong Kong, is Traffic Manager French camp when he defeated and Storekeeper of the Kowloon- Sidney Wood, the American hold. Canton Railway.
*
He was born on August 25, 1877 and received his appointment Hong Kong on November 17, 1908,
to
OIL CONFERENCE
FAILS
arriving here on January 28, 1909.
On April 12, 1910 he was appoint-;
ed Chief Storekeeper; and from
March 3 to December 7, 1913 was: Hopes of Stabilisation
acting Chief Accountant of K-C. Railway.
the
On returning from leave, he act-l
ed as Traffic Assistant in addition]
to his other duties from April 28
Vanished.
NO FURTHER MEETINGS
(Continued on Page 5.)"
FRENCH LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
Full results as cabled by Reuter were as follow:- Men's Singles-Fourth Round. H. G. N. Lee (Britain) beat Rene Lacoste (France) 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
F. J. Perry (Britain) beat Matejka (Austris) 6-2, 3-4,
6-4.
H. Cochet (France) beat G. P. Hughes (Britain) 6ugu 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Women's Singles 4th Round.
Betty Nuthall (Britain) V. Fraulein Aussem (Germany) 6-7, 6-4 (retired).
Mme. Mathieu (France) beat Halen Jacobs (U.S.A.) 6-4, 6-4.
Semi-Final Round. Mrs. Wills-Moody (U.S.A.) beat
Fraulein Krahwinkel (Germany) 6-8, 10-8.-Reuter.
THE IRISH BUDGET
Income Tax Raised.
HE. -Arrives.
the Navy, Army and Air Force. The Senate may drastically The Guard of Honour was formed
the Application Status Treaty Sutherland Highlanders- After whereby it will not take effect the inspection of the Guard--of until it is approved by both of Honour and the firing of the Royal the high contracting parties. • Salute, the March past commane-
It is now certain that a long ed.
time if ever, must elapaz before Large Crowds See Inspection -.. the Bill reaches the Statute Book Throughout the inspection and because if it is an amended Bill the march past, rain threatened, a deadlock will probably arise in but with the exception of one the Dail
shower it did not fall.
Therefore it is reasonable to In spite of the elements thousands apeculate on the Autumn, elec-throughed the vicinity of the Ceno- tions. Reuter.
taph. and from points of vantage In the Hong Kong Club and Supreme Court many watched the spectacu- lar scene.
"DAISY MOLLER”
ON FIRE
Captain May Sink the Ship.
8 PASSENGERS LANDED
Manila, Yesterday. Thirty-six hours after reaching Zamboanga, the fire on board the "Dairy Moller" continues to rage with great force.
Fire fighters, including Ameri can troops, have been working con- tinuously since 10.50, a.m. on Sun-
Captain S. W. Copp, the master, declared he would sink the ship in shallow water if it proved neces
The Daisy Moller" la carrying à million board-feet of lumber, ap- Dublin, To-day.proximately one-fifth of which was The Dail has approved the bud-
destroyed. get financial?" resolution and ita amendments by a vote of 64 to 58.Eight European passengers who | were landed at Zamboanga are go- Reuter. 3:
ing to Manila Renber
to December 21, 1915. After two
New York, Yesterday. other periode as acting Traffic As Hopes for the stabilisation of alatant and acting Chief Accoun- the world oll markets have vanish- tant, Mr. Walker was appointed ed with the announcement that the US. Traffic Superintendent and Store International Oil Conference had keeper on April 1, 1920. His title been unable to agres, 2 was altered to Traffic Manager. No further Conference will be Storekeeper on January, 1, 1927. held-Reuter a American Service
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INCOME TAX INCREASED
PRESIDENT HINDENBURG
THANKS BRUENING:
Washington, Yest
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Pamfil
The inspection with its wealth of colour, brilliant uniforms and im posing ceremony is always one that appeals to the Chinese, who form- ed a large proportion of the crowd this morning.
(Continued on Page 7.)
HM KING- GEORGE V.
Mr. John Fitzgerald Brenan, C.M.G., British Consulat Shanghai, has been made a Knight Com- mander of the Order of the Bath. He has served in the Consular service in Tientsin, Foochow, Peking,
VISCOUNTY
Lord Buckmaster (Stanley Owen Bückmast
**PEERAGE
'The Right Hon. James Fitzalan-Heper Major-General Sir Robert Hutchison." Sir Arthur Churchman. Sir Fred William Lewis. David Davies.
Henry Neville Gladstone.
BARONETCY,
Major-General Sir Walter Joseph Scott.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
K.C.B. John Brenan, C.M.G.
The Most Distinguished Order of 8t. Michael and St, George.
Andrew Caldecott.
K.CM.G.
C.M.G.
Colonel Badham Thornhill.
William Percy Turner (Consul).
The Most Excellent. Order of the British Empire...
DAME GRAND CROSS (G.B.E.). **
Lady Baden-Powell, founder of the Girl Guides' movement.
E C.B.E...
Colonel George Fleming.
Arnold Savage Bailey, of the FM.S.
B. F. Handley Derry (Consul).
KNIGHTHOOD (KL.)
Robert Henry Davis, the inventor of the escape apparatus
used in the Poseidon disaster.-
Air Commodore Charles Kingsford-Smith.
COMPANIONS OF HONOUR (CH.).
Laurence Fanyon, author and deputy keeper of the British
E. V. Lucas, Chairman of the firm of Methuen & Co., publishers.
- ROYAL APPOINTMENTS. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales is appointed Honorary Air Com
modore-in-Chief of the Auxiliary Air Force. We HRH the Duke of York becomes Air Vice-Marshal, Rear- Admiral » of the Fleet, and attains the rank of Major- General in the Army-
H.R.H, the Duke of Gloucester is awarded the Royal Victorian
Chain, P
VISCOUNTY
Lord Hackma Stanley Dwen G.C.V.D., 1st Baron of
was created in 1915. R. 1915.He L
Governing Body
| Mabel Ellen O.BE. In 1892 their issue was three sour daughter Educated School and at Ch
ford he was app
| (Conservative), for
sion of Sheffield
DNE
Miss Hannah Florence Skinner, who is appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the "Bri- tish Empire (CMV
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