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GENTLEMEN'S HIGH GRADE OUTFITTING
AT HOME PRICES
BERNARDS" OF HARWICH
CHATER ROAD,
HONG KONG
DEATH ROLL IN FRENCH RAILWAY DISASTER MOUNTS TO 217
TOTTENHAM
DEFEATED
ARSENAL'S
LEAGUE LEAD
INCREASED
Aston Villa Return To Form.
CHESTERFIELD BEATEN
London, To-day. Arsenal, premier soccer league champions, retained their grip on the championship yesterday when they took the second brace of home points from Leeds United, while Tottenham Hotspur, London's second leading Club, were beaten at bome by Huddersfield and thus fell from second position in the table to fourth.
Newcastle's away win at Liver pool on Saturday was nullified by a home defeat at the hands of Ever- ton, Cup-holders, whileTM Blackburn Rovers were held by Middlesbor ough to a goalless draw.
Aston Villa won the midlands "derby" when they inflicted a
They bett
Three French
politicians
were killed and two injured in the Lagny railway disaster on Christmas Eve, when returning home after the all-night sitting of the Chamber of Deputies to consider the Finance Bill. (Above) M Camille Chau-
temps, the French Premier, who has sent messages of sympathy to the bereaved families.
OF
smashing defeat on the Wolves ARCHBISHOP
TOURAIN KILLED
by 6 goals to 2.
Everton on Saturday.
There
change Was 110
in the leadership of the Second Division as Grimsby won and Blackpool drey: op
Preston, however, jumped two places to third position ab the result of their decisive win at Brentford.
Two Grocers Charged, With Murder.
ARMENIAN CHURCH DISSENSION
HUNDREDS INJURED IN CRASH
EXPRESS TEARS THROUGH SIX COACHES
SECOND COLLISION NARROWLY AVERTED AT THE SAME PLACE
·PARIS, TO-DAY.
THE OFFICIAL DEATH ROLL IN THE FRENCH TRAIN SMASH WHICH OCCURRED AT LAGNY, LESS THAN 15 MILES FROM PARIS, ON.CHRISTMAS EVE, IS 217, WHILE HUNDREDS LIE INJURED IN HOSPITAL. -
The death roll in French railway” accidents this year han reached a high figure following the appalling disaster at Lagny, near Paris, on Christmas Eve, when 217 people, were killed. The
leapt the rails, idling 30 people and Injuring 90, last month.
The disaster in the worst since May 22, 1915, when 224 sol-picture shows the wreckage of the Cherbourg-Paris express which diers were killed and 246 injured 'at'Gretna.
The crash occurred in a dense fog, the heavily Jaden Stras- bourg express, travelling at 65 m.p.h. to make up lost time, crash- ing through six conches of the stationary. Paris express before coming to a standstill.
A second disaster 'was narrowly averted, when the duplicate Strasbéurg express having passed the danger signals at full speed, was brought to a stop, only 100 yards from the wreckage of the earlier train.
With the exception of the American and several central Europeans, the victims are all French. Many of the bodies are mutilated beyond recognition.
Fog and frost were certainly |
the cause of the catastrophe. stated the Director of the Com- pagnie de Lest to Reuler yester- day.
Both the driver and the
Breman have been arrested.
Eishop of Meaux, with tears in his eyes, spent the night| among the dead and wounded.
Benediction To 150
Corpses
M......... Paul, Móry jas, former “ Under-Secretary of State, Senator Hachette" "and a Deputy, M. Schleiter, were killed in the disaster, *Three other Deputies were seriously injured.
Two hundred dead and injured'i
DEATH OF CATALONIA'S FIRST| PRESIDENT
Col. Francesco Macia Passes In Barcelona
Barcelona, To-day.
Colonel Francesco Macia, the first President of Catalonia, died here yesterday at the age of 74: --Router.
Colonel Macia was elected Pro- sident on December 14, 1932
The Catalan Statute was up proved by the Spanish Cortés on September 15, 1982;; = "The first elections to Parliament were held on November, 20, 1932, and Parliament was opened on Dehern-" ber 6, 1982,
were taken to Paris and 80 sent to CHRISTMAS
the hospital at Lagny,
Apparently, an even more terrible accident was only just averted as another ex- press from Meaux, bound for Paris, pulled up 100 yards from the mass of wreckage, after its driver had already Early yesterday morning, the passed red danger signals. Cerdinal and Archbishop of Paris. which, in the thick fog, he arrived at Gare de Lest and gave mistook for green.
benediction to 180 corpses, ⠀ men, i Only a presentiment that all women and children, which were was not well caused him to[laid in long rows at the station | Both men are members of the glance back. He then saw that where a constant stream of frantle One of the big surprises of the "Old Thought" group of the the lights were red and crammed relatives was seen. day was provided when Darling Armenian Church, whereas the on the brakes.
Crystal Palace falled to uld their]
New York, To-day. London rivals, Queen's Purk
Two grocers. Matos Leg. Rangers, when they lost their home
letin and Mishin Farkison, game to Norwich by the only goal.
have been arrested in con- but the Rangers beat another Lon
nection with the killing of don Club in Clapton Orient to keep
the Archbishop of Tourain. on level terms with Norwich.
The former is charged with Coventry secured third position inhomicide and the latter is charg- the table with two home pointed wth being an accessory. against Cardiff.
tan left
points.
Chesterfield with both Archbishop was the head of the "New Thought" group which is
d
Reuter.
The Hearts rose to third place in regarded as favouring the So- the Scottish League when they viet. best the Airdrieonians by 8 goals to 1, but they are lagging far be hind Motherwell and the Rangers. Celtic, who were beaten at home by Quean of the South on Saturday, defeated Queen's Park on their own ground.
Christmas Day.
ENGLISH LEAGUE.
FIRST DIVISION
Aston Villa Blackburn
Derby Leeds Liverpool Newcastle
Sheffield U.
Stoke Tottenham
6. Wolves
✪ Middlesbro
WOMAN'S SUICIDE LAST NIGHT. Leaps Overboard From S.S. Tung On.
Line Open" Signalled
To Driver.
The
TRAGEDY ON
THE TAMAR
Signalman Sullivan Killed.
traini involved, both the FATAL FALL DOWN HATCHWAY Paris and the Strasbourg expresses were running'in duplicate,
The Christmas festi-
The Paris express had been vities on board H.M.S. stationary for, several minutes in
All the victims of the disaster answer to a fog signal. The Tamar, the depot ship, are French apart from one Ameri- Strasbourg express was travelling lying in the Basin of the can and several people from Cen- at 65 miles an hour to recover, lost trai Europe.
The Deputy, M. Schleiter, who was among the victims, was one' of Chamber of Deputies and was the popular representatives of the|
Mayor of Verdun.
The driver and
stoker of the
time.
A Chinese woman passenger on Strasbourg express were question- the ss. Tung On which arrived ed by the Magistrate and affried « from Canton last night is stated by that the automatic signál behind the Captain to have jumped over the Nancy, train" signified - "Line board when the vessel was entering Open."
4 Manchester C. 1 Hong Kong harbour at about 11.80
0 Arsenal
2 Portsmouth
1 Everton
2 Birmingham
2 Leicester
1 Huddersfield'
SECOND DIVISION
6-Hull
Blackpool
1 Preston
Brentford
Bradford Burnley
Bury
Fulham
Lincoln
Notts C.
Plymouth
8 Bolton
0.Oldham
1 Bradford C.
1 p.m.
2 The woman, who was well dress- BALKAN STATES
Zed, laft behind
a brown leather] "
1 handbag containing two handerker- 1fchiefs but nothing to reveal her $ identity.
The police are investigating..
THIRD DIVISION (Bouth)
20 Aldershot. 1Southampton 0 B'Nemouth
1 Fort Vale
Manchester U. 1 Grimsby
W. Ham
O Millwall
4 Notts
1Swanson
THIED DIVISION (North) Chester fe 0 New Brighton Chesterfield 0 Darlington Doncastery 4. Crowe' Hallfax AAA Barrow
urtlepools 0 Barnsley. fansfield
Walu
ofBristol B Coventry Crystal P.
⚫ Luton
1 Reading
4 Gillingham
4 Cardin
0 Norwich
3 Exeter
2. Bouthend 1N'Ampton1 Brighton
Newport 8 Bristol C 0|Queen's P. R2 Clapton
Torquay Watford
2 Swindon
40 Chariton
SCOTTISH LEAGUE,
.
DRAW CLOSER
Little Entente Economic
Union.
The permanent, council of the Little Entente will conrene In Yo-
The driver did not see, the
illuminated signals or hear the fox signals until his engine was crashing through six paa- senger coaches.Reuter,
WORSE THAN SAAR
WAR SIGHTS.”.
100 Of The 300 Injured In Serious Condition.
“CHIANG ACTS
ON ADVICE OF 'THE TIMES
Methods Denounced By Fukien.
UNARMED CIVILIANS SHOT AT FROM THE AIR
Foochów, To-day." Following the bombing, dur ing Christmas, of Foochow, the Fulien Foreign Office yesterday Issued a communique, deponering. Marshal' Chiang Kai-shek's "doc trine of ruthlessness.
22.
The communique declares that Marshal Chiang is acting on the
HIS MAJESTY'S
CHRISTMAS
MESSAGE
MARCH OF MODERN
SCIENCE.
“SOBER RECOVERY DURING THE PAST YEAR”
London, To-day.
The every day application
of goodwill in outlook and policy which had been render- ed possible by the march of -modern science, had been a most significant development of the past year, asserted His Majesty the King in the course of his world-wide Christmas Day broadcast from Sandring
· ham.
"Science brings home to us that there is neither time nor room for old habits of thought, and action. But science's gifts are useless without the exer cise of sanity, paticace and goodwill by all my peoples, His Majesty declared
The past year, he said, had shown sober if unspecti progress towards recovery. The King concluded
Christmas
A heartfelt -Reuter,
"advice" of The Times, the Los A QUIET XMAS
don newspaper which recently declared that Marshal Chiang
would be justified in taking any Police And Magistrates measure to suppress the People'a Given A Respite, Government,
Marshal Chiang has caused Foo-
“Crime --during- ́ ́the- chow to be bombed by planes holidays has been abermally which were purchased with money small," said Divisional Inspector subscribed by the people for the ghannon to a "China Mail" repre- purpose of repelling the Japanese sentative at the Central Police invasion, the communique con- Station this morning. "We had tinues,
only 'one hawker brought into the charge-room on Christmas Day? hei stated.
"Only a small "number of minor casan was brought before the Po- Ice Court this morning and these were dealt with in a very short time by the two Magistrates, Mr. E. W. Hamilton and Mr. 8. Balfour.
FRENCH FLAGSHIP LEAVES.
Stating that unarmed ciyi- -
·lians and women were fired on from the air by machine-guns, the communique, states - that Foochow is an unfortified city, and that the reckless bombard- ment is clearly indefensible. The bombardment clearly Indi- Naval Dockyard, were cates that Marshal Chiang is ap interrupted in tragic to civil war in China
¡doctrine of ruthlessness and all the fashion about 4 o'clock frightfulness formulated by Gor- many during the Great War, st yesterday afternoon, states.
Dispatch Vessel Sails when Signalman John the courage to use his aeroplanes
"While Marshal Chieng has not In Company. Angustine Sullivan, at the Japanese, he has not The French Cruiser Primsuguet, Book hesitated to use them to start an-fying the flag of Vice Admiral while walking on the up- other of his periodical; civil wars CA. M. Berthelot, Commanding the per deck, tripped and and massacres of his own country- French Naval Forces in the Far men." the communique concludes. East, accompanied by the Dispatch fell down the hatchway-National Freas.
Vessel Dumont D'Urville, Left Hong Kong this morning for Baigon, via amidships.
Manila,
PEACE ENVOYS RETURN.
**London, To-day - Grief: has overshadowed the Christmas Festival in two European He was picked up ter- countries, France is in National ribly injured about the Disapprove Of Fukien while Spain mourns the death of head and at once con- Colonel Macia, the Grand Old Man veyed to the Royal Naval
mourning over the Lagny, dísister,
[of, Catalonia.
The Lagny death-roll continues to Hospital, where he suc- 0 go-Slavia in January to discuss the moont and la now certain to exceed
1 Balkan political and economie: 200, while 100 to 200 of those Incumbed to his injuries at
2 tention. SAM
Jured, are in a very serious condi5.20 this morning, The Little Entente, comprising {tion, “
Movement.
Bhanghal, To-day: Mr. Chang Chi and the
other Nanking peace env
turned to Shanghal Kong yesterday, mor
A-Joint statement, aas
1 Czecho-Slovakia, Yugo-Slavia and 160 coming 14 in the Chapelle Ar- The late Signalman the Southern/leaders
[0]Roumaule have been drawing cloe- dant
er and blower together towards
aconomic union as a resul
world depression.
The.
the
President
Vice-Admiral Berthelot will relin- quish his command on arrival · at.
STOP PRESS
NANKING NAVAL ATTACK ON FOOCHOW
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Forces and the Fuki Wara
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moment
Sullivan, who was about to affect unity and none kay. Approve of the Fuklen mŁA 32 years of age, was a na- The envoys are leaving for tive of Cork, Irish Free king this ninger State
WEATHER REPORT
Compa
weather with moderate cast on Beness
the forecast Issued by the was fined-350,-
Hons
sille morningger hard labour Boy Mist Beltone at p the
Central Police Court this morning.
following the for ture of Mamol and the Chang
sen" For leaving the way" to Poochow from the Bea.