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No. 28,251 HONG KONG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1932. PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
JAPAN & SOVIET RUSSIA DISCUSS PEACE PACT &
RACE SELECTIONS
FOR FANLING
The weather prospects do not look too glorious for the Fanling Hunt and Race. Club Autumn Meeting, bus in the event of fa- vourable reports from Mr. Jeffries, and his fellow weather wizards, there should be a record
Dr. Ambedkar, leader of the "Untouchables" in India..
crowd to see the steeplechases, SHANGHAI
gymkhana and flat racing events.
Seven races appear on the pro- ramme and several good fields will line up although the "Ladies' Mile, one of the unofficial racea on the programme, has only at tracted five starters out of ten entries.
CAPTAIN'S
FRANCE INSISTS
ON DISSOLUTION LANCASHIRE COTTON TRADE'S
OF REICHSWEHR
Willing To Disarm Conditionally.
PREMIER'S STATEMENT.
Paris, To-day. France's willingness to accept a general reduction in the perind of compulsory military service was the principal point in the outline of the French Disarma.| ment Plan, announced by M. Her-!·
the riot, Prime Minister, in Chamber of Deputies yesterday.
Acceptance of such a plan was, courge, conditional." One thing upon which France must insist was the dissolution of such i bodies as the German Reichs-
of
GRATITUDE wehr, even though they were not constituted on a conscription basis.
Victorious Combination Leave Colony.
HONG KONG'S CHANCE NEXT TIME...
NEW PROBLEM.
Companies' Proposal For More Looms Per Weaver.
London, To-day. Following the recent set- tlement of the wages dispute in the weaving section of the... Lancashire Cotton Industry," manufacturers and opera- tives yesterday began a joint discussion of the proposal for more looms per weaver, left over from the general settlement.
Failing an agreement through the existing ma- chinery, the problem will come before the new concilia- tion body set up under the recent general agreement.-- British Wireless Service.
HEAVY GALE
EXPECTED IN
HUNG KONG
Typhoon Is Believed Stationary.
"OFF PRATAS SHOAL.
The typhoon is at present about 60 miles southeast of Hong Kong, and appears to be stationary. It passed
to the south of Pratas shoal at midnight last night.
North winds, fresh to easterly gales and rain, are expected in the Colony.
An official statement from. ̈Mr. C. W. Jeffries, Director of the Royal Observatory, is as follows:: "The typhoon - has followed an abnormal track. It was first In-| dicated on the weather map in the Pacific to the east of North Luzon on October 23 at 6 a.m. By 6 a.m. on October 24 it was crossing N.. Luzon and by the afternoon was shown to the south of Aparri. At
The Reichswehr, a sort of mili- UNEMPLOYED
ROWDIES IN
POLICE TOILS 6am. on October 25 it was west of the Balintang Channel and at this stage the rate of its progress had slackened very considerably.
tary police force, is alleged in certain quarters, to constitute a force sufficient to form a powerful arm of any new German Army. Recently, "a disarmament plan, urging the establishment of an
Later.
Two Sentenced After Riots In London.
MOST FROM LONDON.
London, To-day.
A tyre of que
Fort DUNLOP
The Tyre Incomparable
TRADE TREATY
The next Lord Mayor of London is almost certain to be. Mr. Percy Greenaway, printer,. who is a Sheriff this year.
MUNICIPAL
ELECTIONS
In the Autumn Handicap Steeplechase, the first event on the card, seven mediocre ponies have been entered, two of which!
J. L. Wade, Gordon Lum, Guy international police force, contro will probably not start. Mouche
"Yesterday morning it Was seems to be the best thing for a Cheng and R. Canavarro, mem- by the League of arms manufac bers of the victorious Shanghaiture and military budgets, was
situated to the West of Balintang win,
Channel for the second time, and The Machine Gun Troop Hur-Interport Tennis team, were ac-put forward by French Parlia
by the afternoon was south of dle Race, an unofficial event over corded a great send-off by а
mentary memebers. Reuter.
Pratas Shoal, where: winds of ty- a mile distance will be one of the large crowd of local tennis play-
phoon force were experienced most interesting races of the era when they sailed for the France's other conditions, a- A8 a sequel to the disorderly from 7 p.m. There has been no day. White Star stands out aNorth by the President Jefferson nounced by M. Herriet, include the episodes connected with the Hyde communication from Frates Shoal mile as the winner of the race, in the early hours of this morninternational control of arme, In Park unemployed demonstration 1 since 11 p.m. last night but local, and he will have Mr. G. Fake me
cluding the right of inspection of men appeared in the London Police observations indicate that the ty guson in the saddle. Rooslane Wade, before his departure tele- national armaments, conclusion of Courts on various charges yester phoon is still approaching the
phoned the China Mail offices regional parts for mutual as day. and requested that the gratitude sistance open
Colony, but also its rate of pro-" to all European With two exceptions all gave Lon-
gress of both he and his team for the countries, which will provide a don addresses and apparently did change of track.
may possibly indicate
The typhoon hospitality they had received collective force to suppress aggres- not take part in the march to Lon may fill up but in close proximity while in the Colony should be sion, and a guarantee of security don from the various parts of the to the Colony." made knowii. He said that no by the United States..
country. team could have been better It is assumed that M. Herriot's treated. "The tennis public play-offer implies that Germany will be hard labour for assaulting the police, ed a great part in our success at liberty to introduce conscrip- and fines of five pounds and twenty and the entire lack of worry, due tion, but that unconscripted mili shillings were imposed on two others to efficient organisation; was also tary or semi-military forces must for obstructing the police.
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WOMBAT'S SELECTIONS,
IST "RACE
Mouche
Fly Wheel Melrose
2ND RACE
White Star Facial Mark" Mountain Rat
3RD RACE
Tien Feng Shan
Banjolina ..Whoopee.
4TH RACE
Jingo New King Pure Music
5TH RACE
Fanling Stag Britannic Hall Fern Leaf
6TH RACE
I
The Crook
Estrellita
Prestwick
7TH RACE.
Christmas Bello
San Francisco
Mongolian. Stag
a big factor in our success. We be, abolished. Such a point is
Two were sentenced to six months'
One prisoner was discharged and are looking forward to the next probably aimed at the various remainder were remanded.-British Hong Kong visit, and we will give political "armies of Germany, as Wireless Service. your players every opportunity to well as the Reichswehr-Rauter. win back the Cup they so nar-
rowly lost this time.
PROGRAMME
SPORTS.
OF
Gosano Brothers Against Lincolns.
BRITAIN'S PROBLEM
•
Murder Charge WORRIES PRINCE Develops From Praya Fight
Two Chinese Will Be Prosecuted.
VICTIM'S SLOW DEATH.
Seeks Remedy Like Other Leaders.
FISHING INDUSTRY
ORGANISING.
Unity Between Trade
And Fishermen,
2
a
The decline of the fishing industry in Hong Kong, and the keen com- petition between the merchants, have resulted in the formation of an aaacciation embracing the active fishermen and the retail merchants.
established They have already London, To-day.temporary office at Shaukiwas and The Prince of Wales flew in his it is understood that the necessary private seroplane to Worcester, petition for registration of the where he opened the new bridge and association has been forwarded to Park and fulfilled several other the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. public engagements.
The originators of the move to
IN ENGLAND
Local Expenditures The Big Issue.
ECONOMIES ACHIEVED.
London, To-day. The campaign in connec tion with the Municipal Elections next Tuesday to fill. vacancies caused by the re tirement in rotation of.
cil in nearly 800 cities and members of Borough Coun- towns in England, outside by the London County Council area, are actively proceeding. Last year Labour and So- cialist candidates suffered, a net loss of 200 seats in about 80 of the larger boroughs and in view o. their oppost- tion to reduction in local ex-
SALE OF CE.R.
OFFERED FOR
NEGOTIATION
Soviet Prepared To Negotiate Deal:
Y
› AMBASSADORS AT MOSCOW.
Tokyo, To-day. The question of
а пап- aggression pact and econo- mic co-operation between " Japan and Russia is report- ed to have heen discussed at a meeting between M. Troyanovsky and the Japan- ese Ambassador to Moscow, M. Hirota, who is now home on furlough.
It is reported that Mr. Hirota, before his departure from Moscow, was informal. ly approached by M. Karak-
han, who said that the Soviet. Government was prepared to enter into negotiations for the sale of the Chinese Bast-" ern Railway.
The meeting between the two Ambassadors was ar ranged by the initiative of: M. Troyanovsky. Reuter.
A similar report of negotia tions between Japan and Bussis on economic lines was given wide publicity throughout the world recently, but the various state ments at that time lacked cony. firmation of ga ófficial" naturez demount of friction = between Japan and Rikkerperzist
The more recent des trom Moscow and Tokyo, how- ever, have. in. general, more than hinted at the approach of a com mercial agreement.
penditure, this question is in LYTTON REPORT
most cases the dominant issue of the present "elec- tions.
Local rates have, however, been steadily reduced in the last five years and the de- crease since 1928 exceeds 11- per cent. The average rates have fallen in that period from 12/101⁄2 to 11/14. The amount collected from the whole body of ratepayers in England and Wales in the last financial year £148,000,000.—British Wire less Service.
Was
SANITARY BOARD APPOINTMENT.
UNDER EYES OF
LEAGUE CHIEFS
Three-Weeks Before Assembly Convenes,
U.S.-RUSSIAN INFLUENCE.
Geneva, To-day..
It is learned from the most re- liable sources that discussions of the Lytton Report by the League Council and the Committee of Nineteen, are likely to extend at least three weeks before a special assembly is convened.
League statesmen are now con sidering how the United States. and Russia may best be induced · step has already been taken in to participate in discussions.
this direction, as it is understood General McCoy, American repre- sentative with the Lytton Com-
RUGBY CLUB'S DEBUT..
To-day's sports programme is
Referring in his speech to the un-create unity in the industry, are threatened by a typhoon, but in The fracas on the pray, employment problem, he said the Messrs. Cheng Fat, Lim Chol and Mr. C. H. Basto Takes dications on going to press sug. Connaught Road Central, on Sunday question of how to restore the old Chow Sam, who declare that it will gest that the programme may be afternoon, when. two gangs of level of employment and, in the be the object of the association to
Temporary Seat. carried out without a hitch. It is wharf coolles were engaged in a meantime, how best to are for foster a better feBowship between not as varied a programme as last fight, armed with bamboo poles, those who through no fault of those engaged in fishing and the re- Among the ppgintments all-on, will be present at all
Dollar Remains Saturday, but there are one or twe during which one of their number, those own were out of work, was tail trade and also to restore the I-mounted in this rock's Govern
Steady
Silver Registers Loss And Pound Steady.
fixtures of interest.
!
Tong Taat, was severely injured, rarely out of his mind. »
In the soccer league the First has developed a charge of murder. He congratulated the people of Division match between the Lin-Tong That died in the Government Worcester on the local efforts made colna and St. Joseph's should pro-Civil Hospital, shortly before mid to give occupation and to provide vide a thrilling struggle. It is un-night last night.
ganised recreation for the derstood that A. V. Gosano, the Two men, Lohung and Lo Lak,British Wireless Service. well-known Interport centre-for: both wharf coolies, who were arrest- ward, la turning out for the ed by Police at scene of the fight, Saints, in which case the military and who are held in custody in re- The Hong Kong dollar remained side will be hard pressed to demand on charges of causing grievous steady at 1/4/4 to-day. Silver had fend their 100 per cent. record. bodily harm to Tong Tsat, will sp- fallen off fractionally and the The first division of the Cricket pear before the Central Magistrate
League la scheduled to commence on Monday morning when a
* NEW YORK ADVANCES.
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dustry to a more profitable basis. ment Gazette is the one of Sir discussions,
It is further hoped that both It is estimated that there are WW1 Hornell to be a member of about 3,000 fishing vessels in Cheung the Board of Education for a fur- the United States and Russia whe Chau and Shaukiwan waters and ther period of two years, with be represented by unofficial dele gates, as the Lytton Report em- that about 100,000 are
re engaged in effect from October 17. the industry.
Mr. M. T. Johnson has been ap- phasised that no settlement could pointed to be a Visiting Justice to be really effective without their the Po Leung Kuk, vice the late Co-operation in problems of the Mr. A. G. Coppin. With effect Far East, Reuter from October 13 Mr Tang Shfu- kin has been nominated as a mem ber of the Court o♬ the University. of Hong Kong for a period of three years
The only nomination received Washington, To-day,terest, instead of principal. For this for the vacancy on the debta dua the United reason the machinery in the various Board caused by the
U.S.Due To Collect $124,934,421 Bolas 80.48% London question at the K.C.C., when the Army, who charge will be preferred, inspector In European Debts On December 15
being $3.28%, New
York and New York oa London are making their first appearance J. Murphy has charge of the case
in the League as a collective body, for the Police.
́ ́$8.28.
The New York Stock Exchange will hy opposed to the Kowloon Tong That died without regaining
was featured by the third succes- sive day's gains, industrials moving up 1.23, rails 81 "and} utilitler 59, in average.
(Continued on Page 14.)
The work on the new Confucius Silver was quoted to-day at: Building has now been started by Spot 17 15/16, forward, 18 1/16. Messrs, Yeung Fat Li, Building
and Co. Contractor
Kan Hung
consciousness. He had in In' that state since he was admitted to the hospital on Sunday.
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lace the expiration of the ponement of payments for two or sence of Dr BA
amount #7 to more years -not useful many of was that of Mr to the latest the debtors because,
has been duly
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