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China Mail
THE OLDEST-ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST
Est. 1845.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1932. PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
No. 28,301
HONG KONG,
PORT AND “LA CIGALE" LIES
LIES SAFE
RELIABILITY... LONG MILEAGE. SAFETY...
DUNLOP
The World's Best Tyres
Eat. 1845.
"AZUMA" MAKES
ARSENAL
CHECKED
BY LEEDS
Newcastle, Notts F. and Brighton Win.
VILLA'S REVENGE.
London, To-day. Arsenal were again checked by Leeds United when they were fore- ed to a draw after losing at the "United at Highbury, The Villa turned the tables on the Wolves and are now five points behind the Lon- don team in the table.
Newcastle United. Cap holders,
JAPANESE TROOPS MUSTER
FOR FRESH DRIVE. Harbin Reports Impending Large-Scale Action.
Harbin, To-day. Japanese troops of all arms are streaming eastward for a large scate drive aimed at eliminating the forces of Li Tu and Ting Chao
as a military factor. The drive, if successful, will curry the Japanese forces to the Eastern border of Manchuria.
The troops of Li Tu. and Ting Chao are now concentrated in the Muling, Lisbuchén, Nishan and Pooranilchnaya districts. Reuter.
Notts Forest and Brighton and SHAW SAVES
Hove Albion have hail the distinc-
tion of winning the maximam
points over the long week-end, win-
ning all their three games.
The following were the results ni full:
FIRST DIVISION
Birmingham
Blackpool
1 Newcastle
2
4 Derby
0 Liverpool
Chelsea Everton H'dersfield
Leeds Leicester Middlesbro
6 Blackburn
2 Bolton
0 Arsenal
NAVY FROM
A COLLAPSE
Scores 83 Out Of
Total Of 196.
TRIANGULAR CRICKET.
SOUTH AFRICA TO GO MARQUIS LI
OFF GOLD
FINANCIAL EMERGENCY
REGULATION RULES
AIM BLOW AT SPECULATORS
CAFETOWN, TO-DAY.
IT IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED HERE THAT THE GOV- ERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA HAS ABANDONED THE GOLD STANDARD. THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTION IN RELIEVING| THE RESERVE BANK OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RE- DEEMING NOTES IN GOLD IS TAKEN AS SUFFICIENT REA-
SON FOR SUCH BELIEF.
The Government action is taken as a blow at the speculators who have been purchasing heavily and hoarding against rising prices.
SENTENCED
TO PRISON
Three Year Term For C.M.S.N. Co. Official.
DEFENCE WILL APPEAL.
[From Our Own Correspondent.)
Shanghai, To-day,
Marquis 14 Kuo-chich, for- mer general manager of the China Merchants Steam Navi- gation Company, was sentenc-. ed to three years' imprison- ment in the Shanghai District Court; Nantao, yesterday, on
SAFE OFF TAI-O
charge of fraud and malfeas INSULL SET
ance in office.
He was also deprived of public rights for four years, and the sum of $700,000 which had been paid in to his name, through several
to this effect were despatched by
late last night..
banks, was confiscated. Messages
"The Cape Times," leading newspaper, supports the view that Chinese newsmaner correspondents the gold standard has been dropped..
The timely arrival of Lt-
General Smuts, former . Pre-, strict money leaving the country Comdr. Shaw saved the Navy mier of the Union, has long been for speculative purposes. from a bad collapse against the an ardent advocate of relinquish-
It is understood that the defence counsel, three prominent lawyers,) The Government may even pre- will appeal against the sentence. 2 Army in the Triangular Tourna- ing the gold standard, and in his vent the export of sovereigns. The trial opened on December 2 Manchester C. 1ment match at the H. K. C. C. capacity as leader of the Oppo- It is positively stated at Pretoria 22, when Marquis Li was charged
today.
sition has the support of the far-that the Government does not on several counts connected with Shaw went in when 7 wickets mer party.
Great Britain, too, regard this move as a departure the $30,000,000 loan arranged for were down for 68 runs and re- has advised South Africa that from the gold standard and will the shipping concern from the mained at the crease while 116 she would better her position replace sovereigns by bullion. runs were added, his own share materially if she were to aban- Reuter. 1being a hard hit 83.
SECOND DIVISION.
Chest'field
Millwall
Notts F.
S'thampton....
Tottenham 2 Bradford
West Ham
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Brentford.
Brighton
Bristol R.
Several of the Navy team were late in arriving for the game owing to a naval review.
Full scores were as follow:
J
2 Portsmouth
:
2 Sheffield U.
Wednesday
Wolves
2 Aston Villa
Bradford C. 3 Bury
0
Burnley
2 Grimsby
0
13 Lincoln
0
1 Notts C.
1 Stoke
0
Oldham
0 Preston
Port Vale
2 Charlton
2 Swansea
0
NAVY.
Q
Lt. Marshan.
1 Fulham
1
C Davies, b
Garthwaite
11
1 Northampton
0
Mid. Farnhill,
Flood, b
4 Queen's P.R.
1
Garthwaite
#
4 Aldershot
1
Lt. Eaden, c sub, b Garthwaite
4
6 Bristol C.
Capt. Burnett, e Chaffey,
0 Garthwaite
10
1 Cardiff
1
Sub-Lt. Donald, b Mirehouse
17
Luton
1 Bournemouth
2 Pay
Norwich
1 Southend
0
Mirehouse
0
Reading
2 Crystal P.
2
Torquay Watford
1 Clapton
Lt.-Comdr. Shaw, e Dewey, b
2 Garthwaite
83
Capt. Drew, run out
17
Barrow
1 York
0 Chester
oMid. Bennett, e Garthwaite, b
Dewey
16
1 Carlisle
0 Mus. Jemmett, not out
0
1 Hull
3
Extras (B29, LB4)
33
6 Barnsley
4
9 Rotherham
2
Total
196
1 New Brighton 0
3 Doncaster
0 Stockport
Coventry
Exeter
Gillingham
6 Swindon
3 Newport
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
Crowę
Gateshead
Halifax
Hartlepools
Mansfield Rochdale
Traminere
Walsall
(Tables on Page .8.)
Lt.-Comdr. Yates,
g Mne. Thompson, b Garthwaite
NO 33
**
Fall of the wickets:-1 for 9; 2
2 for 21; 3 for 22; 4 for 53; 5 for
053; 6 for 55; 7 for 68; 8 for 161;
BRISTOL BEAT O.M.T.'s
BY 26 TO 14.
Bath Record Narrow Victory.
HOME RUGBY RESULTS. ·
London, To-day.
9 for 184.
Bowling Analysis,
Garthwaite
Mirehouse
Flood Dewey
0. M. R.
24 9 56
16 4 66
W.
Lt.
don the standard.
Pretoria, To-day: Official Statement.....
An official statement was issued by the Treasury under the Fin ancial Emergency Regulations of 1931, which relieves the Reserve
General Hertzog, Premier of
South Africa.
CANADA AND
FREE AFTER
LONG TRIAL
Extradition Proceedings
Fail In Athens.
WANTED IN AMERICA.
Athens, To-day. Samuel Insull, Sr., reputed to be one of the wealthiest mag- nates In America, and against whom federal charges, have been laid in Washington in connection with the failure of companies in which ho was the dominant figure. has escaped extradition from Greece to America,
**
The one-time associate the late
SKIPPER
TELLS OF
PASSAGE
Continuous Bad Luck
Encountered.
PLANE SEARCH IN FOG.
The yachts "Azuma" and "La Cigale," reported miss- Ing early to-day, are safe and their skippers and crews none the worse for an adventurous passage from Kong Kong to Macao and back.
"Azuma" having put her, skip- per ashore, was brought into Hong Kong harbour by Mr. C. J.
Cooke. Mr. C. D. Lambert went
ashore at Capsuimun.
"La Cigale," left by her skip- per at Tai-o, will be brought in by her crew. Mr. N. V. A. Crou cher and Mr. C. C. Blake came to Hong from Tai-o when they had. assured themselves as to the safety of their craft.
When reports that several of the yachts which had competed in the annual race from Hong Kong to Macao, and back, and which left here at 7.30 a.m. on Monday, had not returnéd, two aircraft were despatched by the Admiralty at dawn to-day to search for them. Owing to the heavy fog the planes could do
China Realty Company, Federal Inc., U.S.A. The defence counsel, declare that the accused, man act ed in. strict conformity with the Government regulations and that. the loan agreements were sanc-Mr. Thomas A. Edison, Mr. Insull is little, but the skipper of “Azuma” tioned by his superiors.
how a white-haired gentleman who saw | one of the searching: SOVIET PLAN An indictment, was also drawn moves still in the highest realms of machinea
up against Mr. Chen Fu-moh, who, finance,
Sailors Not Worried. HUGE BARTER until recently, was vice-Minister When Washington sought to have
Both Mr. Croucher and Mr. of Communications and Govern him arrested in Paris, he fled to ment Supervisor to the C.M.S.N. Rome. Friends in America alleged-Blake, returned to the Colony at Co. Mr. Chen has been staying inly kept him posted so that he could Macao at 11 p.m. on Monday they this morning. They had reached Hong Kong since he resigned his clude the agents of police. Nanking post, but it is now in dicated that he has left for Singa-
Ottawa Considering Trade Suggestion.
OFFER CATTLE FOR OIL.
Ottawa, To-day.
pore.
Proposals for a huge bar ALL EMPIRE
ter of cattle and oil between Canada and Russia is being formulated and will be pre sented for the consideration of the Government on the return of Premier B. B. Bennett this week, according to reports which are not confirmed officially.
One report states that a Win- Bank of all responsibility of re-nipeg company has tentatively, deeming notes in gold. Exchange arranged for the exchange of quotations must be made by the G$7,000,000 worth of cattle and 6 banks on this basis.
2 'An official communication
6 1 83 0 1.3 0 8 1 Army:Capt.' Mirehouse, Young, Lt. Col. Marsden, L/Cpl. Colledge, Cpl Davies, Bandmaster Trowt, Pte. Dewey; Lt. Garthwaite, | S/Sgt. Flood; Sgn." Chaffey and Li.
The following were the results Cragg
of yesterday's Rugby Union games: Bath Bristol
Coventry Gloucester
Leicester
Neath
3 Penarth-
26 O.M.T.8
14:
-20 Nuneaton
3
21 Old Blues
D
10. Barbarians
22
28: London Irish
3
5
Northampton 27 Mosley
-Reuter.
Only 17 Saved From Wreck
S.S. Hsin Fuhtai Carried
Crew Of 52.
GENERAL MA
FOUND SAFE
IN RUSSIA
Disguised His Identity After Flight.
IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
Moscow, To-day. General Ma Chan-ebaix has
reappeared dramatically at Tomek, according to report from that point.
Soviet officers wore inspecting
**
Finally, however, ha surrendered said. Early on Tuesday morning In Athene was held for extradition they get sail for Hong Kong. But but won his freedom.
a strong fide put them, off their
Reuter.
To-day he was set at liberty
Later.
HEARS KING
BROADCASTed that he has instructed the State Kowloon.
Foggy Weather For London's Holiday.
UNIQUE XMAS PROGRAMME
London, To-day,, The early promise of fine weather hides for the equivalent amount for the holidays has not been whool- of oil and petrol to be deliveredly fulfilled. Christmas Day, Boxing in Canada at prices no greater Day and yesterday, which was au holiday, have been extra bank than those of imports from pre-
foggy and cold in Londen. sent sources of supply.
The Federal Minister of Agri- A unique place in the holiday culture has admitted that the festivities was taken by the broad- Government has been consider cast of the Empire programme and
It is represented by the Goy-products. Reuter. ernment that in order to avoid a
crisis it is essential that imme
diate steps be taken to protect the country's gold and exchange resources, d
KWANGSI STUDIES. PUBLIC WELFARE.
(Continued on Page 7.)
to put in, at Tai-0. They went course, and last night they decided
ashore, this márning and journeyed Chicago, To-day. to Castle Peak by ferryboat. From The State Attorney has announc- Castle Peak they caught a bus to
representatives In Athens to appeal "We had a very enjoyable time,” against the Greek refusal to extra-said Mr. Blake laughingly, "nod, we dite Mr. Samuel Insull, Snr.-Reu- only wish there had been more wind' ter..
to make it more of a race. We were never really worried at any time,"
(Continued on Page 7.)
PRESS PRAISE
FOR WORK OF
The Skipper's Story.
In an interview with the China Mail, Mr. C. J. Cooke, who sailed
INDIA PARLEY "Azima" into port shortly after
Large Measure Of Agreement Reach.
PARLIAMENT: ASSISTED.
London, To-day,
noon to-day, said that conditions were the worst possible. Every kind of ill fortune was experienced.
..i
states that in consequence of the political situation and
The Journey to. Macao was quite the uncertainty > created thereby, there has been an
good. The "U. and I" passed the mark boat at Macao at 6.10 p.m. on abnormally heavy purchase
Monday and "Azuma" at 6.15. They on the exchange and with-
were the two leading boats of fiva drawals of gold coin foring the proposals for some weeks a message personally addressed to and said to be believed something the peoples of the British Common-
that took a southerly course. The hoardings...!
of definite value was likely to wealth by the King from Sandring The British press record with "U. and I." and the "Azuma" got a These acts are likely to con-
satisfaction the evidence of pro-strong breeze which enabled them. tinue on an abnormal scale with emanate from the negotiations. ham.
Press telegrams from all parte tained in the speeches at the Anal to take a good lead. the result that credit and bank. He pointed out that this barter
During the night it rained and, would not interfere in any way indicate that His Majesty's voice sress in the Indian problem con- ing, which are sound now, will be with the importation of Empire was heard clearly all over the world, session of the Third Round Table they did not make much headway. gently endangered
with the exception of New Zealand Conference on Christmas Eve, and hefore reaching Lin Tin Island. and some parts of India.
the prospect held forth by the Lord Practically all of Tuesday they Chancellor, Lord Sankey, that the were becalmed off Lin Tin. They next stage in the Government's pro-lay at the mouth of Deep Bay from gramme, namely, the submission of midnight till early this morning, reforms bill to the consideration of when "Azuma" headed for Capsul- the font select Committee of Par-mun Pass
the Ilament, may be reached in
Here, Mr. Lambert went nshore spring
and Mr. Cooke carried on. He lay To a leading article headed anchored at Capsulmun from 7am. "Success at the Round Table," the to 10 am, this morning, and saw Times, after complimenting. Sir the searching aeroplane at about 7 Samuel Hoare and the whole body o'clock. He entered port by going of delegates on their achievement, along the inside of Green Island. BAYA When he saw the aeroplane there "It is true that on many points, was another bont following him, but Prince George who was pre-such as the size of the Federal it was not the La Cigale. vented from Joining the Royal Party at Sandringham by a chill and who listened to the King's Christmas broadcast in his own room at York House, was officially stated last night convalescent British
The Government, in the cir. Draw Recommendations
cumstances agree to relieve the
Reserve Bank from the obliga tion under the Currency and
After Travels.
A part of Kwangel delegates, con- Banking Act to redeem notes insisting of Mr. Wong Tang-chau, gold.dmed PSAL
Mayor of Wuchów, Mr. Wong Shiu- Early Report.
kun, magistrate of Ho Halen dis- Capetown, To-day. trict, Mr. Tsang Cho-chung and Mr. the premises where the interned. Up to now there has been no Lo Yeo-fan of the Educational Des members of the army of Gen official announcement of the Gov-partment, arrived in the Colony eral Su Ping-wen detained when ernment's policy, but a communi- from: Shanghai on Sunday. one of the men declared he was que from the Finance Minister. They have been engaged on an General Ma and that he had con- Mr. Havenge, is expected to investigation concerning Annitation, cealed his identity when first ex- night which will positively de- fluance and education, and are amined after General Su Ping, clare the Government intends to ing with them many The faurvivors all Chinese were wen's army had fled fato, Soviet adhere to the gold standard, but tona inn length * report, which rescued by the steamer: "Tunzahin", territory,
under the Emergency Act of 1981; will be published shortly not far from Ningpo.
and to take steps to further re. Kwangel
Shanghai, To-day. Only seventeen of the crew of Afty-two belonging to the Chinese steamer "Hein Fahtai," which ran sground on the rocks outside Ning- po two days ago and sank, believed to be alive, el
* (Continued on Page 12.)
Prince George Convalescent
Listened To King's Radio Speech.
reloss
London, To-day,"
Chambers and the allocation of seats, where there is room for hon est afferences, the British Padian
On Their Course.
The last they saw of the La Gi- and the Idias States delegates have gale was on Monday at 6 p.m. near innt beer
oun. But what the mark boat at Macao. Condi on the most Introns then were very bad.
matterz
portant
ficiently
on Page 7.)-
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