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MACON STRIKES SOLID SHEET OF CLOUDS: THEN CAME DISASTER
LABOURITES'
CENSURE VOTE
UNSUCCESSFUL
Mr. N. Chamberlain's Spirited Reply
GOVERNMENT MEASURES
The
SHOW. RESULTS
London, To-day
Labourite' vote of cen- sure was defeated in the Honse Votes by 374 to 68.
Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, replying in the debate, declared that the Government's unemployment po- liey had been most successful, though they had rejected a large expenditure for public works.
He said that the most effec tive contribution the Govern- ment could make would be to en- courage ordinary trade. Mr. Chamberlain said that he ex- pected that the recent rise in un- employment would soon be ab- Morbed and said that it would mean that there would be 700,000 more employed than three years ago.
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Government Policy Vindicated
· UNEMPLOYMENT ́ ́ REDUCED, TRADE IMPROVING
London, To-day. The Prime Minister, Mr. Ram- Hay MacDonald, 'spoke last night in the House of Commons debate on unemployment, which arose on the censure motion moved by Mr. Lansbury, the Opposition] leader.
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BRITISH SAAR
~TROOPS
Returning Next Week -
To England
Crown Prince Michael of Roumania is belleved to have been enlisted by his grandmother, Dowager Queen Marie, in her at- tempts to reconcile King Carol and the boy's mother, Queen Hølen. The boy, who looks older than his 13 years, is seen with his mother at her retreat at Brioni, Italy, where he may have tried to get her to overlook King Carol's affair, with the red-headed Mme. Lupescu, and return.
·BLUEBIRD GIVEN SLOW TRIAL AT DAYTONA
Sir Malcolm Campbell's Spin At 125 Miles Per Hour
་ .
London, lo-day. Sir Malcolm Campbell jester- 'day took his car Bluebird out for the first trial run on Day- tona Beach. The car went well,)) but Str Malcolm only tested it at 125 miles per hour. He is ambitious of reaching 300 miles an hour-British Wireless Ser- vice.
ROTARY DELEGATES ARRIVE
Local Contingent Leave For Manila To-night
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
A large number of the dele- London, To-day, gates to the fifth Pacific Rotary It was announced in the House Conference, which will be held in of Commons yesterday that the Manila next Monday, Tuesday British troops will leave the Saar and Wednesday, arrived in the territory in detachments on FeColony at noon to-day by the bruary 19, 25, 26, and 17.
Dollar liner President Coolidge.
FASCIST GRAND COUNCIL MEETS
WYATT WINS THE
TOSS AND ENGLAND
SCORES 64 FOR 2
Little Over Hour's Play
In Third Teste
SMITH HITS THREE SIXES IN INNINGS OF 25
Georgetown, To-day, ....
· England have scored 6 runs for the loss of two:wickets” în the third Test match against the West Indies as the result of little more than an hour's play on a rain sodden wicket yesterday,
Early morning, rain caused the wicket to be covered and left the outfield under water. There was no play before lunch.
The U.S.B., Hacon, crashed, of the California coast last Wednesday to provide the fifth major dirigible disaster.
The rain continued and delayed CONCILIATORY
the start until 3.46 p.m. when the
captains came out to tosa Bob
Wyatt was again successful and, for a change, decided to take first use of the wicket, which was in good
for the fourth innings. condition, though offering little hope
TOWNSEND BEATEN Taking out Townsend, the Oxford
THOMAS SPEECH
PLEASES DUBLIN
Seeking Anglo-Irish Agreement
Mussolini Presides Over bateman, with him, Wyati partici- UNCOMPROMISING ATTITUDE
Three-Hour Session
MEMBERS SWORN TO SECRECY
Rome, To-day.
The Fascist Grand, Coun- cil, with Signor Benito Mus solini presiding, sat, from 10 p.m. yesterday till one o'clock. this morning.
pated in a first wicket stand of 38 before his partner stepped in front |of a straight one from Rolfe Grant
(Continued on Page "14) Scores, as cabled by. Reuter,
were:
ENGLAND
D. C. H. Townsend, "L.h‚w.
Grant
R. E. 9. Wyatt, not ›ent. Smith, c Headley, b Hylton Paine, not out
Extras
Total (for 2 wkta.).
OF DE VALERA
London, To-day. The conciliatory speech of Mr. H. Thomas, Secretary for the Dominions, made at the. Consti- tational Club, London, yesterday,
GERMAN REPLY TO RECENT ANGLO-FRENCH TALKS
Full Text To Be Published: Over The Week-End
London, to-day. The German Foreign' Missa- ter, Baron von Neurath, 'yester, day evening, handed to the Brie o tish and French" Ambassadors - in Barkin, Sir: Eria: Phipps and A. Francois Pancut, Terpecting." ly, the German Government's. reply to the proposals put for ward after the recent Anglos: Frenclu conuersations. The res
16 in which he emphasised that reply you also be communicated 17 cognition of the sanctity of agres-
-en-other interested powers, and ments and membership of the will be published at the week British Commonwealth were es and, BWlish. Wireless Service.. --sentials to any Anglo-Irish settle-meta
to
Fall of the wickets: 1 for 38;
2:
England won the frat Teat
and
Members were sworn secrecy, but it is surmised that they discussed Abyssinia and the entry of Germany into the 63. Central European pact.
An official communique Issued the West Indies. the second.
after the meeting did not men-|
64°ment. is generally welcomed ́in for, Dublin.
tion these questions, but gave SOMERSET TROUNCED
the bare statement that the
Italo-French agreement of Jan-
uary 7 and the agreements re garding the boundaries between Libya and the Anglo-Egyptian | and those between Italian Somali land and Kenya had been ap- proved. Reuter..
French Precautions In Abyssinian Area
Paris, To-day
AT RUGBY
President De Valera, who is AIR LOCARNO PACT consulting his advisers upon it. according to Reuter, said that back the position to what it was he Thomas statement brought
three years ago..
Any agreement freely entered into the Irish people would hon- Jour fully and loyally, but no agreement could be held binding if extorted from an unwilling people by threats and the exer. cise of superior force.
....
Germany Favourably.
Inclined
· AUSTRIAN PROPOSALS MAY
· BRING ABOUT DELAY
"Berlin, to-day,
ENQUIRY
OPEN
TURBULENCE IN CLOUD BELT
STARTS FALL
LT.-COMDR. WILEY'S
STATEMENT
MYSTERIOUS COLLAPSE OF ́GAS CELLS IN STERN.
San Francisco, To-day. When he gave the order "left rudder,” first a vibration travergöd the airship Macau, followed by a crash, stated Lient-Commander Wiley, Survivor of the Akron and Shenandoah disasters, at the open- ing of the court inquiry.
He explained that, as a result of the order, the greatest strain on the airship would be just forward of the gas cells.
The airship struck a solid sheet of clouds, under which. was a curtain of rain.ht
While passing through the clouds there was con Biderable turbulence, causing the Macon to drop from the 2.700 foot level to 1,700 feet The crumbling of the stern 'and' 'the final crash in the
ocean followed. {Apart from this, Lieut- Comdr. Walay was timable throw, any definite Tight on the collapse of the gas, cells t [stern of the airship Reuter.
FIEST NEWB OF DISASTER
The first intimation of the disss-
ter was contained in a cable frum San Francisco on Wednesday read- ing:
The airship Macon has sent out an 9.0.8. stating. that she is falling 110 miles to the southward of San Francisco.n
A later message from San Fran Bart's Hospital Lose
cisco stated that- the airship Macon To Northampton
had encountered a gale and had sent out the following 8.0.9. "Had bad.. London, To-day
Count von Neurath, the Foreign casualty, ship falling, will abandon Middlesex gained a meritorious
Minister, received the British and ship soon as we will land on water rugby victory over Somerset yester.
somewhere 20 miles off Pointsur, The Irish people would be pre- French Ambassadors yesterday California, probably 10 miles out at day when they won by 23 points to pared as equals to associate and afternoon and communicated to sea." A polgnant silence followed.
co-operate with the people of Bri
15 at Frome:
Northampton overwhelmed St. tain in respect to common inter them verbally the German Govern- A later message stated that Naval Bart's Hospital by 23 points to nil eats, but were not prepared to acment's view of the Anglo-French vessels had taken off the crew of The first battalion of the Essex They will leave at 9 p.m. to-day all precautions to prevent the terday.-Reuter
France is determined to take in their friendly home fixture yes cept a scheme predetermined for London Agreement proposals... the Macon, numbering about. 80. Regiment, which will reach Lon- Mr. A. R. Hager, the joint recent Italo-Abyssinian frontier
them by Britain, regardless of It is understood that the Govern- The Macon, at the time of the don next, Friday morning and the Hon. Secretary of the China De incidents from having undesir
their desires and needs. Reuter. ment considered favourably the Air disaster, was returning from mano-
(Continued on Page 15.).
Locarno paet, but treated the ouvres with the United States Fleet. first battalion of the East Lancaslegation, in an interview shortly able
repercussions in French
Eastern Pact and the Austríki
(Continued on Page 11.) guarantee proposals with reserve."
hire Regiment, which will arrive after the ship had berthed said, Somaliland, and is therefore re-r on February 28, will march across "We had a fine trip down from inforcing the troops in Somall- London from Victoria Station to Shanghai and the weather seems land. according to a semi-official King's Cross on those dates.
¡to have been specially ordered statement. Reuter. Appreciation was
for the Rotary Club by the wea
expressed at ther department." the action of the French Govern- ment in entertaining the troops on their way through France Bri tish Wireless Service.
MR. KOMOR PASSES
Well-Known Local Art Dealer
Mr. S. Komor, senior partner of Komor and Komor, the well-known art and curlo firm, died at the Kow loon Hospital at 7 a.m. to-day,
Mr. Komor, one of the Colony's oldest résidents, will be buried ac-| cording to Jewish rites to-day.
WEATHER FORECAST
He went on to describe the ar- rangements which the Hong Kong Rotary Club had made for the dele- gates; these include a drive around the island at-2-p.m. and a tea-party in the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel from 4.30 p.m. until 6
[p.m.
After this those wishing to do any sight-seeing on their own) will be at liberty to do so.
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PRINCE ENJOYING HOLIDAY
Change In Weather * Ignored
London, To-day.
DASTARDLY
ATTACK ON
FISHERMAN
Oyster Bed Shooting Incident
WATCHMAN OPENS FIRE AND THEN FLEES
A sensational attack was made upon a Chinese fishing boat of Lau Maa Shan, In the New Territories, yesterday evening the result of which is that a Chinese foll is now lying in the Kowloon Hospital suffering from serious gunshot wounds in the bend,
Chan Han, 35-year-old owner of Until yesterday HB. H. the the Chinese fishing:
A moderate anticyclone covers the Pacfic to the south of Japan Prince of Wales has experienced 3834 In his repo1 and a strong anticyclone has form- excellent weather during his ski stated that at about ed over Mongolia and Manchuria, ing holiday at Kitzbuefil. Yester terday, ile his Av-shaped depression is moving day morning a heavy sleet. eastward across north Japan. The most of the visitors Indoors local forecast for today, as fasted the Prince enjoyed two
by the Royal Observatory tale mor practice, despite the unusually
$ninggi, was - north-east winds, slippery condition of the slopes
moderate; fine at Bret, cloudy later. British Wireless Serv
Oyster
1
PREHISTORIC MONSTER
Remains Found Near Dairen
Dairen, To-day. The fossil remains of a huge beast, which trampled the pining of the three eastern provinces In dis- tant ages, are believed to have been found by Mr. Ryutaro Ogawa, a ro sident of Port Arthur, who made the discovery in a ravine - neat Muchéngtzu station on the Por Arthur-Dairen railway line.
Japanese archaeologists estimate the beast to have been six feet in height and 18 feet from end to end and to have lived 15,000 to 20,00; years ago. They believe that more, auch fossils are lying-in the dis trict-Reuter.
WANG CHING-WEI LEAVING FOR CAPITAL TO DAY.
lept
A verbal expose will be accom
panied by aide memoire, which ap- LOCAL DERBY SWEEP
First Prize Nearn $60,000
parently will not be published here.
The German reply is of a general | character, couched favourably to the opening of diplomatic conversations on all the questions raised Router.
At 2 p.m. to-day: 140,000 $1, tickets had been, sold in the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Derby Sweep which will be drawn next Saturday night and which will be decided next Monday, while over 1,800 through tickets, which includes chance on the Derby, had also been sold. A through ticket for the five days' racing costs $58.
The drawing of the mammoth sweep, the first prize of which fi no worth nearly $80,000 will take place, at the Club House at 9 p.m.. on Saturdays Immediately after, Selling Lottery on the Derby will be held
FORTHCOMING WEDDING
The forthcoming marriage is an nounced of 8gt-Major Edward Stanley. Rendell, of the Sergeanta" oyal Artillery, and Miss dred Georgina Kimber, of No, 2 Bead, Aldershot, England, who is en route to the Colony on
Carthage,