BEDFORD
MAINE -IN.. ENGLAND
THE HONG KONG HOTEL
GARAGE.
The Hong Kong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.,
The British
TRUCK
Economical 27-h.p. 6-cylinder engine -reducing vibra- tion,
reducing engine-wear, reduc in g time-off-the- rond, reducing ex- penses.
Incorporated in Hong Kong. Stubba Road.
Haboy. Valley.
ASSASSINS
TRAMWAY
COMPANY'S
RECORD YEAR
Chairman Explains Bus Govt. Tenders.
HEAVY LOSS ON BUS SERVICES
The dollar, on demand, closed
to-day at 1/86)
Library, Supreme Court
FINAL EDITION
China Mail
Est. 1815.
THE OLDEST - ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST
No. 28,342 `HONG KONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1933.
ATTEMPT LIFE OF
MAYOR
OF CHICAGO BADLY WOUNDED
ROOSEVELT ESCAPES
HAIL OF BULLETS
UNKNOWN ASSAILANT SEIZED BY CROWD.
MIAMI, FLORIDA, TO-DAY. ·
That
not Government. did accept two schemes offered by the Hong Kong Tramways, Limited, in connection with the franchisément of the motorbus services both on the Island and on the mainland, was revealed by Mr. A. B. Stewart (Chairman) in
A DARING ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT- his speech when presiding at the
ELECT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT WAS MADE HERE TO-DAY ordinary yearly meeling of the Company held at the board room BY A GUN-MAN. FIVE SHOTS WERE FIRED INTO THE CAR) of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & IN WHICH MR. ROOSEVELT WAS RIDING ACCOMPANIED BY Co., Ltd., at noon to-day.
Addressing the meeting, the MAYOR ANTONY CERMAK, AND ALTHOUGH MR. ROOSE- Chairman said: "We have had a VELT WAS UNSCATHED, MAYOR CERMAK WAS SERIOUSLY very good year. Traffic receipts WOUNDED. THE WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE were $2,082,691 or approximately
six per cent more than passengers
numbered
Bet. 1845.
PRICE $3.00 Per Month,
Follow the
Manufacturers
lead..
FIT
DUNLOP
PRESIDENT-ELECT ROOSEVELT
Mr. Tom Hamon, the Oxford athlete and Olympic half-mile champion, married Miss Winifred Thief, at the Abbey Church, St. Albans, Heffordshire.
Both bride and bridegroom are teachers at St. Albans, - -
In 1931, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY AND A SECRET TRAGIC RIOTS IN US. Millionaire
35,541,995 and car-miles operated were 3,325 058, whilst, the net profit amounts to $1,029,456. If an exceptional profit on investments in the year 1924 be excluded it can be said that
SERVICE GUARD WERE ALSO HIT, THE LATTER DING| WOUNDED IN THE HEAD...........
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The assailant, who is at present, unknown, was seized without difficulty by the angry crowd and only the timely intervention of the police saved him from being beaten to death.
traffic receipts, car-miles operated, passengers carried and net profit
When the attempt was made, Mr. Roosevelt was on his way to' all reach Sgures which are the highest in the company's recorde. attend a reception in honour of his visit." The streets were throng- This, I think, you will agreeix|ed with onlookers who were wildly cheering the President-Elect, -- No highly satisfactory.
warning of the attempt was given and only those who were standing
"It will be remembered that in),
the closing months of 1931 the rails) near the would-be assassin saw’kim pull his gun and fire into the car. İ of both tracks between Pedder
·Street and City Hall were renewed.
One eye-witness states that the
During the autumn of last year assailant aimed at Mayor Cermak
the track between City Hall (Continued on Page 4)
NEW ENTENTE IN EUROPE
48,000,000 United In Federation.
and and not at Mr. Roosevelt, but the
'RUMANIA, JUGO-SLAVIA AND
CZECHO-SLOVAKIA -
Geneva, To-day. A new European Community Fe- deration, embracing a population | of 48,000,000, comes into existence at Geneva tomorrow, when the
whole incident happened so swiftly that the Police do not attach much importance to the statement.
:
Immediately after the shots were fred, Mr. Roosevelt, hearing ahout of excitement, stood up in his går and waved his arm to show the he jwas uninjured.
He then gave hurried instruc. tions for his car to be drivền to/ -the nearest hospital, and throughout the journey howup- ported Mayor Cermak who was bleeding profusely from his wounds.
Mr. Roosevelt had only just re-}· turned from Bahamas, where he had been on a fishing trip on board]
Foreign Ministers of Rumania, Jugo Mr. Vincent Astor's yacht, and was Salavia and Czecho-Slovakia sign a due to return to New York to-night, pact consecrating a new alliance, to continue his selection of the Ca- replacing the Little Entente.
es. Franken D. Roosevelt.
"Your Have Got To Expect These Things."
MRS. ROOSEVELTS COMMENT
ZON SHOOTING.
New York; Later. "That's great" cried the wife of binet, with the vice-President-Elect, Mr. Roosevelt, when she learned The Agreement provides that Speaker John N. Carnes,
that he was uninjured. "You have the three countries act in unison
got to expect these things.”
President Hoover wired to Mr.: | Roosevelt rejocing at his escape.
The guards round Mr. Roosevelt have been ordered to be doubled immediately, also those at the White House. Washington. *-
In all political questions, and prohibite Treaties with other States without the consent of all.
The participants have discuss- ed the common attitude to dis-i armament and are also resolved to strengthen their economic re-i lations. Reuter..
JANUARY TRADE RETURNS.
Decrease In Imports And
Exports.
Mrs. Roosevel
The Police do not know Zingara.
-Reuter.
LITTLE HOPE HELD FOR CERMAK.
RUMANIA
Artiller Troops Called Out,
20 INJURED WHEN MORS
FIRED
Bacharest, To-day. Twenty people, mostly women, were wounded by machine-guns in a clash be- deveen troops and synɗpathi- ers with 4,000 strikers who barricaded themselves in the railway workshops following. the arrest of their leader, The troops hoped that they could force the men to surrender from cold and hunger, but rele Lives appeared, bringing blankets and food, thus causing the clash. Artillery was brought up and trained on the workshops, the in- mates of which were believed to be unarmed.
Workers in other parts of Rumania have been equally' rest less since the beginning of the recent campaign against Com- munism, which is declared ille- gal. Reuter.
BRITISH EXPORTS OF MUNITIONS.
Kidnapping
Police Arrest Two Rum-Runners
BODY-LINE BOWLING TO BE -RULED UNFAIR.
South Australian Cricket Assn. Take Action
the
Adelaide, To-day. The South Australian, Cricket Association have passed a resolu- tion disapproving "Body Line" Bowling. They appeal to Club captains to prevent Its use on the grounds of unnecessary risk and injury, and that it robs the game of its most interesting stroke play, They have declared that such bowling will probably be classed In Australia as unfair play- Reuter.
BELGIAN
CABINET
DEFEATED
King Albert Refuses Resignation.
̈Ä VILLAGE ELECTION
CANCELLED
ENGLAND
WIN TEST BY
SIX WICKETS
Leyland Caught At 86.
ONLY 1,000 SEC FINISH.
Brisbane, To-day. England won the fourth Test to-day by six wickets.
England lost two more wickets this morning in obtain- ing 53 runs needed for victory.
The wicket was left unaffected by
rain early this morning, but only a amall crowd witnessed the resump- tion of the English innings, at 107 for 2 in threatening weather.
:
Ironmonger, who can best make use of a wearing wicket, opened the Australian attack with O'Reilly, and Brussels, To-day.met with an early success when he The Belgian Cabinet has resigned. had Hammond taken by Bromley The resignation followed the at cover point. 118-8-14.
The Gloucestershire bataman had Denver, Colorado, To-day. Government's defeat by 82 votes to batted solidly for 71 minutes and The police have arrested 72 on the Socialist motion cembut-hia 14 was scored out of 40. George Zarlingo and have de
tained "Red" Mitchell, both of ing the Minister of the Interior for Leyland, who had been playing whom are described as rum- cancelling the Cognertial elections magnificent cricket, fall to a catch. in the slips off O'Reilly at 138, his runners, in connection with the at Hastiere. kidnapping of Mr. Charles Boett-
acore being 86. cher, the millionaire banker, and friend of Col. Lindberg,
Mrs. Boettcher, has broadcast her willingness to pay gay_ran». som for her husband's safe pe- turn.
Mr. Boettcher was napped from his own doorstep on Sunday only a few hours after he arved hair from
Hepening the Kansas City. door of the garage he held up y gunmen, and in response to a from his wife, who was still led in the car, He allowed himself to kidnapped without a struggle-P4-
ter.
“SOCIAL EVIL
IN COLONY
LG.P. Replies To Mr. Braga 'DANCING ACADEMIES AND CABARETS
He played a dominating la- nings blending caution and'. aggression in a masterly man- ner. During his stay of 223 minutes be hit, a dve and nine boundaries.
With Paynter and Ames together runs came quickly. The Lancashire |left-hander got O'Reilly away to the leg boundary.off his first ball and [then Ames hit the same bowler for
a aix on the off side.
Paynter, played dashing cricket, and soon got Ironmonger past mid l'on to the rails to send up 163 as the
result of 249 minutes' play.
Light rain succeeded in hurreying matters, Ames claiming a three to the on off McCabe, and Paynter scored the winning hit off the next ball when he hooked the same bow- Jer for a six to the fine leg boun- dary.
(Continued on Page 4) Test averages and statistics are published on the Sports Pages.
Scores
AUSTRALIA
Brusch, Later. Kg Albert has refused to ac cast the Belgian Cabinet's resigna- on on the ground that the nation At the Legislative Council meet is unable to comprehend that the Trade With China Anding this afternoon, the Inspector fate of the Government, whose self- General of Police (Hon. Mr. EDC imposed duty was the improvement Wolfe) replying to questions asked of the financial and economic situa- by the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga regard tion, could depend on the validity First Innings
ENGLAND. -
Japan'.
London, To-day.
or otherwise of a village election.
First Innings .5 Second Inninga
Second Innings.
In the House of Commons,ing the Colony's cabarets and dan- replying to Mr. G. Le M. Mander, cing academies said he was aware Bir Walter Runciman gave a list that certain sections of the commule, asked for 24 hours in which to D. R. Jardine, l.b.w., b Iron- of the munitions recently export nity regarded the institutions as consider the position.
ed to China and Japan.
For December the list showed 68,000 40-millimetre shells, 8,500) machine gun cartridges and 40 Little hope is entertained of sav-machine guns exported to Japan,
Later.
sentations had been made to him.
The Premier, Count de Broquevil- Sutcliffe, e Darling, b Wall
monger...........
840
175
$66
24
places of social evil, but on repre- Meanwhile the Liberals, who vot. Leyland, c McCabe, b O'Reilly "86
ed against the Government are again Hammond, e Bromley, b Iron-
Reuter prepared to co-oper
Answers of LG.P.:
The LG.P. replied:-
1. The Inspector General of
Police is aware that such Institu.... 点 tions exist in the Colony and that
ing the life of Mayor Cermak. and 20 machine guna exported toj
The assassin's bullet passed China,
-Reuter,
clean through his body, entering) In January 4,000,000 rifle car the number is increasing, He has, however, expressed his his cheat and going out through tridges were exported to China. The Statistical Office of the Im-intention of delaying departure, his back... ports and Exports Department re- and will stay at the hospital with, of mer- Mayor Cermak, whose injuries have ports that total Importa chandise into the Colny in the math not yet been fully determined.
of January, 1983 amounted to $98.0
Mr. Roosevelt's lent German "Red Bloodhound".
s
gard T kill all Přjaidents and
millions (£2.4 millions)' as compared | he shot, shouted: Ijam For Zin with $54,1 millioné" (£8.8 milliona}}; In January, 1982, while exports totalled $81,8 millions (£2.0 . m\l- llong) as compared with $36,3 mil- Jons (£2.7 millions).
LAWS
all Officers. Bis people were ‚wounded by the Aying bullets,
-Beuter
(Continued on Page b.), NAVAL BASE- AT SINGAPORE.
The
ARCHIE JACKSON PASSES AWAY
Hong Kong Shares Cost
New Governor Of Hanover With Malaya and N.Z.
The re-shuffing, of" Gershan Many precautions have been tak- officials throughout the country en for the safety of President determined by Chancellor Ad
CALL TO AMEND BANKING Elect Roosevelt, who has been vaHitler to curb Communist”
catloning at Warm Springs before ties, has commenced with!
Detroit, To-day.
Prezident Herbert Hoover
he taken over office as President of placing of Nationalis)
the United States on March 4. Be in post Zom cret-service men have been guard- mambers of |ing him night and day, andễ his
house at
Borings as
by flood-1
Zerlín, 19-day. campaign-for restoring, order
ughout the country
Velasm,, whose work is the Kiel Nayal travol
London, To-day. Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord of nounced In
of Con
Day After Engagement Announced.
PROTEGE OF KIPPAX
monger ...
Paynter, not out
Ames, not aut
Total (for 4 wits.)
Extras
Fall of the wickets:--1 for 5; for 78; 3 for 118; 4 for 138,
Bowling Analysis.
Wall
O'Reilly Ironmonger McCabe
14
14
14
163
O M. R. W.
71 17 80-1165 -86 1847
AUSTRALIA 51: ENGLAND' 50
The following table shows how Che two + countries: stand: