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Est. 1845.
No. 28,735
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BUY YOUR SUMMER WEIGHT WHITE SLIPOVER
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BERNARDS' OF HARWICH
CHATER ROAD,
BONG TONG
HYSTERICAL GIRL FOUND CLASPING DEAD MAN ON
GRAN CHACO DISSENSION
WARFARE
CONFLICTING
REPORTS ARE
RECEIVED
12,000 Bolivians Suffer
Big Losses.
MAY HOLD UP
SILVER BILL
Cornering Of Market Will Be Checked.
"ULTIMATE PRICE RAISE"
MPÈCIAL TO CHINA MAIL
By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra phie Messages Ordinance, 1891, Re.
PARAGUAYANS REPORTED TO fecird May 26, 8.11 a.m.)
HAVE LOST 6,000
Washington, To-day.
Dissension among the House of Representatives Ways and Means
LONDON TO-DAY. FIERCE FIGHTING BETWEEN
is Committee members threatens to BOLIVIA AND PARAGUAY PROCEEDING
THE GRAN delay the Silver Bill. CHACO REGION ACCORDING TO MESSAGES RECEIVED IN LON- DON.
IN
The Democrats sought to re- strict the hearings to Adminis A despatch from Asuncion re-tration witnesses, whereas the ports that 12,000 Bolivians suf- Republicans demanded that the fered considerable losses when Opposition also be heard, to attacking the Paraguayan posi-which the Chairman. Represen- tative Robert L.. Doughton, agreed.
tions.
Group photograph taken at the opening, by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Wiliam Peel, K.C.M.G., K.B.E. of the new block of the Tong Was Hospital, Po Yan Street, yesterday. The ceremony was largely attended by prominent European and Chinese residents, while thousands of Chinese assembled in the streets near the huilding to hear His Excellency's speech, which was brondesst. (A Fong).
WALLACE AND LITTLE
SOLUTION AT GENEVA
Not Impossible Says M. Marthou.
A "New York Times" despatch from La Paz, on the other hand, Mr. Herman Oliphant, General reports that the Paraguayan Counsel for the Treasury, reveal- forces have so far lost 6,000 in afed that the Treasury gold stocks decisive battle now in progress. were U.S.$7,755.847.568 and sil- verstocks. U.S.$892,901,885. Reuter While the grim struggle con- He told the Committee that the tinues in the Gran Chaco, a move to Bill would enable the Administra- FRANCO-ITALIAN ENTENTE NOT ratify the Geneva Arms Conference tion to break any speculative at- is expected to be made shortly in the tempt to corner the silver mar-1 United
States Senate to bring ket.
America into line for an
*and Paraguay..
dent Roosevelt.
interna- The Bill. he said, would
The British Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, recently declared that no useful
purpose could be served by Great Britain taking in- dependent action against the iwo warring parties.
na
OUT OF QUESTION
P
Paris, To-day.
A solution at Geneva is not im-
IN GOLF
3,000 SEE
DOWNFALL
OF DUNLAP
Police Protection
For Scot.
LAWSON LITTLE CAUSES LINER TO POSTPONE SAILING TIME
London, To-day
AUSTRALIANS
HELD TO DRAW AT SOUTHAMPTON
Arnold Carries Bat
For 109 Runs.
BARING 5 FOR 121
London, To-day.
The Australlans were held to a draw by Hampshire at South- ampton yesterday. Requiring | 157 to win the tourists scored 10] for the loss of one wicket before the game was abandoned as B draw.
HILLSIDE
CASTLE PEAK TRAGEDY
ALL-NIGHT
DEATH-WATCH
WITH CORPSE
POISON BOTTLE FOUND.
GIRL'S STUBBORNNESS IN
FACE OF POLICE
A GRIM TRAGEDY WAS RE- VEALED AT CASTLE PEAK ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, WHEN AN ATTRACTIVE WELL-DRESSED The Australians lost their
two CHINESE GIRL, DELIA NO, SAID remaining wickets yesterday morn- TO BE A MEMBER OF A WELL- FAMILY, WAS Chipperfield being undefeated with FOUND EMBRACING THE CORPSE 116 to his credit.
Baring, the amateur fast bowler UNDERGROWTH ON THE HILL- The discovery was made by Bradman for 6 runs and who also secured McCabe's wicket on Thurs-villagers from Ping Shan Kuk, day, concluded the innings with who failed to make the girl leave for 121.
her death-watch. A sterling innings by Arnold, who
The police from Ping Shan Sta- carried-his-bat-through-the-innings tion were immediately summoned
ing for the addition of five runs, TO-DO LOCAL FINAL
QUEEN MARY'S who dismissed Woodfull, Brown and
BIRTHDAY
Royal Salute At Noon To-day.
FLEET IN FULL-DRESS
Queen Mary is 67 to-day.
OFA CHINESE - YOUTH IN THE
AIDE
for 109, enabled Lionel Tennyeba to
to the scene, and Acting-Sub. In- declare at 169 for 7 with little chance spector Kellett finally persuaded of defeat. Arnold, who was a con- the hysterical girl to be led away. Sutcliffe's partner Her condition, however, was such
tender for
In honour of Her Majesty's birth- against the West Indies last year, that she was unable to give coher- day all ships of the Fleet are in keeps it in the winter by playing ent answers to questions.
a Royal soccer.i
Scores as cabled by Reutar were:
**
Government
The discovery of a bottle of Hampshire: 428 (Mead 139, Lowndes pošnan and a ginus tumbler, “has
158" Gord “Tanyan: 56° 8. . J. ever, give vise tỏ thé belief- that McCabe for 9. Fleetwood the youth committed suicide. Smith 1 for 111, W. J. O'Reilly
at
3 for 123). 169 for 7 dec. out).
It is learned that the girl came (Arnold 109 not out to Castle Peak on Wednesday
tional arms embargo against Bolivia fultimately raise the price of silver possible, declared the French
full dress to-day, and salute of 21 guns was fired from * SPECULATORS AFFECTED Foreign Secretary M. Louis Bar-t
James Wallace, of Troon, the the H.M.S. Tamar at noon. The move will be the result of a message sent to Congress by Presi The Treasury Secretary, Mr. thou, in the course of a debate
A Royal salute will be fired in Henry Morgenthau, urging the re-jon foreign policy in the Chamber 32-year-old Glasgow ship-plater
and 1931 runner-up in the Scottish Hyde Park to-day, and flags will
be flown from all tention of the proposed tax of 50 of Deputies, yesterday,
He added that he had promis- cents on silver profits, told the Committee that the tax would only ed, the President of
the DisChampionship, will meet Lawson Offices and public buildings
afternoon, and walked with the man jaffect speculators, legitimate armament Conference, Mr. Ar-Little, American Walker Cup play- Home.
Nofer from San Francisco, in the Final Her Majesty was born at Ken-Australians: 439
(B. J. McCabe into the bills above the Castle Peak business WAS exempted. United thur Henderson. Itis help.
L. Darling 96. A. Chipperfield issued
closed, but
May 26, 1867, Press, S.C. Gold Bar Co.
Nothing more WEB the of the British Amateur Golf Cham-sington Palace on
116 not out, W. H. Woodfull monastery. and was christened Victoria Mary French policy remained on Dis
W. Brown 0, D. G. Bradman 0, seen of the couple until 8 p.m. on Olga Pauline A. E. G. Baring 5 for 121). Thursday when they were found wick to-day.
Claudine Agnes.
10 for 1 wicket. There were no surprising re-
Their Majesties celebrated their
The Australians have beaten lying side by side in the under- growth. The girl was tightly' clasp- sults in the quarter finals which 40th wedding anniversary on July Worcester, Cambridge University, ing the corpse. It is thought that resulted as follows:-
6, last year, and in that month an Essex, and Oxford University, and the youth died during the night.
(Sunningale)-3-and-2.
Wag
armament and equality of rights/Pionship over 36 holes at Prest-Augusta Louise
EVERYTHING READY coupled with security.
He denied that France's last FOR TRADE PUSH.
note an Disarmament isolated France. He declared that Britain Lasting Recovery Nearer Than Ever Before.
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL..
POND AND
SABELLI AT
JOURNEY'S END
Atlantic Hop Concluded At Heston.
PROCEEDING TO ROME
Lendon, To-day. Captain Food and Lieutenant Sa-that everything is in readiness for belli, the two American airmen who❘n vigorous forward trade Junge, as made a forced landing in Ireland genuine and lasting recovery in be
|ing brought nearer than at any time|
(By Telegraph, Copyright, Trtegra |phic | Mensagen Ordinance, 1894, Re-
ceived May 26, 8.13 a.m.)
New York, To-day. The New York business experts,
Messrs. Dun and Bradstreet, slate
after crassing the Atlantic in an at- during the past year.-United Press tempt to reach Rome, and who per S.C. Gold Bar Co.
came down yesterday on the Welsh
coast when trying to complete DULL TRADING
their journey, arrived at Heston
aerodrome, near London, yester-
day.
Here, they hone to eliminaté
the engine trouble. after which they will continue to Rome.
They expect to start on a re- turn flight to America in three! weeks' time. - Reuter.
(Continued on page 0.)
TREASURY BILLS
ISSUE.
£40,000,000 Allotted.
London, To-day.
CONTINUES ON
WALL STREET
Stock Prices Make
Slight Recovery.
SILVER QUIET AND STEADY
New York, To-day. Business continues at a low ebb on the stock market here yester- day's trading figures, reaching Jonly 450,000 shares. Stock priceF
showed an upward trend.
bent!
by the Royal College of Music.
of have drawn with Leicester, the
The body has been identified at course of their seven matches to that of Chan Wing-chen, who liven in Canton.. Miss Hé· resides at To-morrow they will meet wong. Nel-cheong Road, Happy Hampshire at Southampton and Valley.
date.
understood her position. It was Wallace (Troon) beat Francis honorary degree of Doctor not impossible for France, and Dunlap (America) bent Walker Music was conferred on the Queen M.C.C. and Hampshire in the Italy to agree to a cordial and (Delamere Forest) 3 and 1.
(America) Insting Entente.
Lawson Little He would welcome the Soviet's Bourne (Sunningdale) 4 and 2. entry into the League, but it was (Mcor Park) 1 up.
Garnett Addington) bent Nex 1934 CHICAGO too early to Bay, whether
The semi-finals resulted France would support her demand follows: for a permanent seat League Council.
---Reuter.
on the
SIR JOHN SIMON FOR GENEVA.
Leaving London
To-morrow.
Wallace beat Dunlap 2 and 1. Lawson Little beat Garnett op 19th.
A crowd of 3,000 saw Wallace play marvellous golf to beat Dun- lap, American amateur cham- nion, by 2 and 1.
WORLD FAIR
OPENS TO-DAY
Streets Of Shanghai
New Addition
EARLY AMERICA IN DISPLAY
June 6 they will encounter Eng-
land in the first Test match at Following the discovery of the Trent Bridge, Larwood's home tragedy, the girl was removed by ambulance to the Mental Ward of
ERNEST TYLDESLEY the Government Civil Hospital.
89 AND 100.
Yorkshire Thwarted By Rain.
Wallace needed Police pro- tection when the crowd surged round him after his
NO LARWOOD EXPRESSES most thrilling win.
The gates will swing open to- Dunlap led one up at the ninth, day to admit the advance guard
AT CAMBRIDGE having taken 35 to Wallace's 36 of the expected millions of visi The Foreign Secretary, Sir John strokes. Wallace led for the first tors to Chicago's 1934 World's
London, To-day, Fair, extensively revamped from The batting of Ernest Tyldesley, last year's exposition. They will veteran Lancashire No, 8 batsmeri,
London, To-day.
DING DONG STRUGGLE
Simon, will leave London for Paris time at the 14th.
air to-morrow morning, pro- Jcceding by the night train to The other semi-final produced lead to grounds and buildings provided the feature in the county
Geneva, where he will lend the Bri-
a ding dong struggle in which constructed at a cost exceeding championship cricket programme Lish delegation at next week's
He meetings of the Disarmament Con-Lawson Little and Garnett, the $44,000,000 state officials of a which concluded yesterday.
wealthy Londoner who eliminat- Century of Progress.
scored 89 and 100 not out against Iference,
ed Jack Goodman, were all At the close of the fair last year, Essex at Old Trafford The Lord Privy Seal, Captain square at the ninth with 37 $38.000,000 had been expended in (Continued on Page 9.) Anthony Eden, who is In
strokes each.
creating new land and the Coa: South of France, will join him at
struction of buildings. Another RAIN HOLDS UP THE [Geneva.-British Wireless Service.]
$6,000,000 has since been spent for
DAVIS CUP.
the
LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY.
Silver Prices Firm.
The local dollar. has remained steady, opening on demand at Industrials and rails advanced 1.18 1/4 this morning,
Silver
WAB quiet, but steady. Scattered quidation of near-by The total amount applied for in positions continued to be absorbed tenders for £40,000,000 worth of by brokers, supposed to be acting Treasury hills, yesterday, was for official quarters. £72,005,000.
Little was dormie one and WOO on the 19th, Garnett missing a two-foot puti, .
now structures and the improve-
The American had booked his ment of existing ones, passage by the Cunarder leaving The fair itself spent $2,000,000 U.S. v. Canada Doubles Liverpool this morning, but the for the renovating and alteration
Match Postponed. liner has postponed sailing for of buildings and for landscaping. 10 hours.
The latter, incidentally, mark ons Reuter.
of the greatest changes of the 1994. Lair from its predecessor. IRISH SENATE. ABOLISHED
More parks and garden spots have been created, and 85,000 chairs and Dublin, To-day, benches added, to bring the total
outside free seata to 100,000.
Exhibitors and concessionaires
Router.
Wilmington, Dalaware,
Today The Davis Cup doubler match between America and Canada was postponed yester day owing to rain. Beutes America is leading in the con-
It was later learned that the dend man Chan Wing-chan, is 30 years jof age, and was a clerk in the Bank of Canton, at Canton. He arrived in Hong Kong, on Wednesday, and the couple went to Castle Peak by bus. He was educated at the Sacred Heart College, Canton.
Hiss Ho's age is given as 23.
ANGLO-URUGUAYAN TRADE TALKS
.▸
Dr. Cosio In London To Seek Agreement.
FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS SOON
London, To-day. Informal and explanatory talka have been proceeding for souse months With the Uruguayan | Government, through their Lega- 11tón in London, with a view to con- çluding a commercial aginemént.
At present, no commercial traziy is in force between the United | Kingdom 'and' Uruguay, 17
Dr. Pedro Cosio, the Uruguayan Finance Minister, has how arrived.
London to open formal negotia
The maximum amount was allot and 25 to 94.50 and 48.01, respec- Spot and forward silver prices The Irish Free State Dail, by 54 ted in bills at three months, the tively, while utilities and bonds remain unaltered, closing prices votes to 88, yesterday panned a Bill 'average rate
per cent. being were up 36 and .01 to 28.24 and yesterday being 19 0/16 and 19% for the abolition of the Senate.-have spent $4,000,000. Most of 11 test. by 2 matches to nil, having tions which will probably start 17/8.45d., AN compared with 08.97, respectively. The commodity respectively.
came out of the pockets of new ex- carried off both the singles during the next fortnight at the 16/6.660. last week-British Wire Index improved .84 to 54,54,500 The London on New York cross
hibitors.N
matches on Wednesday when Lew Board of Trade.
(Continued on Peos, 16.) Jasa Service..
In their market report, Hestra, E. rate which closed on Thursday al WEATHER FORECAST
tor Stoeffen beit Marcel Lainville, FORD'S 11-ACRE DISPLAY A. Pierce and Company, through 4-U.S.$5.08% closed yesterday at
Heading the newcomers is Mr. and Frank X'Shields best Walter
The forthcoming wedding of Mr. The forthcoming wedding of Mr. their local correspondents, the 2-U.B.$5.00% while the New Cloudy, with moderate sast Henry Ford, whose exhibit covers Martini
{George Ng Chun-bong, windent, of No. Alan: Johnstone, engineer of No. 20 American Oriental Finance Corpora, York on Landon rate closed at winds, was the weather forecast 11 acres and is the largest on America will be represented in a Percival Birset, and Miss Fannie Hillwood Road, and Hias Martha tion, stats
4-U.9.66.09%, ad against E- lasted by the Royal Observatory the grounds. Mr. Ford recently the donbias mitch by George M. Hong sing, of No. 8, Garden Terence Burger, of No.150, Prince Edward
is announced; > U.S.$5.03 on Thursday. Rood, lay announced.
tinued, on Fase 0) Lott and John A. Van Byn this morning.
(Continued on Page B)