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30 KILLED AS GERMAN EXPRESS CRASHES INTO
FOOTBALL
UPSETS
HUDDERSFIELD ROUTED
Spurs Drop Valuable Home Points
COVENTRY AND TRANMERE
DISAPPOINT.....
London. To-day.
Huddersfield--received a jolt
yesterday when they were com-
pletely outplayed by
organised Aston
Villa
the re-
side ati
Villa Park, and as a result were displaced by the Arsenal in the
premier English Football League table.
their
between Federal troops, such as shown left, were rushed last month from Rio nearest de Janeiro and other points to the state of Rio Grande de Norte, Brazil where communist revointionists captured Natal and other important points The main street of Natal is shown on the right.
Pompey secured a meritorious win over Derby, while Leicester City increased the gap themselves and rivals in the Second Division as the result of Tottenham's surpris- ing home defeat and Doncaster's failure to score against- Notts Forest
their sup-!
Coventry caused porters some anxiety when they
SENSATION IN TIENTSIN
US Doctor Held On Grave Charge
ALLEGED POISONING OF WIFE
Tientsin, To-day.
A sensation has been cansed among the foreign commemäty by the arrest of Dr. John Col- bert, a prominent American practitioner, on a charge of at- tempting to poison his wife, for- merly Mrs. Hovey, the widow of a member of the staff of the Standard Oil Co. of New York and a leading tennis player, who was a patient in hospital for a lengthy period. allegedly suffering from heart trouble...
The District Attorney is leaving for Tientsin to-morrow. The preliminary hearing in the Consular Court has been waived and the case remitted direct to the US Court.
The accused has been admit- ted to bail of T.S.$25,000.
THE KING'S BROADCAST Renter
bowed to the lowly placed Alder MESSAGE OF HOPE AND CHEER
shot, but Reading also failed.
Luton, however, won in Notting-
ham, scoring three times without
reply from the County..
- Tranmere sustained
a severe
check when they were rouded by
TO UNEMPLOYED
London, To-day.
A feature of the Christmas Day celebration Oldham, and Chester and Chester was the King's broadcast, which was eagerly lis field, their zearest rivals, shared tened to by millions of people throughout the two goals in their "needle" match. Empire.
Results. as tabled by Reuter. were as follows:
Results
were:-
FIRST DIVISION
Aston Villa Blackburn Bolton
Brentford
Grimsby
*Leeds
Liverpool
2$
cabled by Reuter,
4 Huddersfield
+ Stoke
◊ Wolves
5 Preston
*
1 Birmingham
Sunderland
1
0 Arsenal
Manchester C. 0 Chelsea
Portsmorth 3 Derby
*Wednesday Everton
SECOND DIVISION
*Bradford. C Newcastle
Burley Bury Doncaster
Fulbaso Leicester
Port Vale
Swansea Tottenham
3 Blackpool
0 Norwich
THIRD DIVISION (South)
S. AFRICANS OUT
FOR 157
Australians Building Up Big Score
7
His Majesty, speaking from Sandringham, Norfolk. address- jed his subjects as "My dear: friends and referred to the unforgettable tokens of loyalty and love offered to him and the
Queen on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee. He dwelt on the
To
personal link between him and his people, which he valued more than he could say. the distressed and unemployed The tendered a message-of-hope
land cheer.
Telegrams from Sydney say
TANG YU-JEN ASSASSINATED IN SHANGHAI
Assailants Escape
„Shanghai, To-day, Mr. Tang Tahun, former Fice- Minister for Fortică AlKÍNH, WAX" assassinated, yesterday
stepped from a motor-car outside Ten shots were fired,
his residence in ther French Con- -session.
of which three found their mark. The assailants escapeil-Reuter.
WEATHERMAKERS
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LOCAL
The British Premier. Mr. Stanley Baldwin, proceeding with #the mandate given him by the British electorate to prepare for war, installed Alfred Duff-Cooper as. Minister of War, and placed Sir Balton Eyres-Monsell-in the House of Lords so that he could Sir Bolton Eyrti- continue as First Lord of the Admiralty. Monsell, who was unt re-elected to the House of Commons, was raised to the peerage for the purpose.
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TRAIN
TERRIBLE HAVOC GHASTLY ERROR OF SIGNALMAN
Bitter Cold Adds To Sufferings
CHRISTMAS FAVOURS STREWN ALONG SCENE OF TRAGEDY
Berlin, To-day.
Twenty people are reported to have been killed and 80 Injured in a railway collision near Grossher Įingen in Thuringia, when an ex- press traka "From Berlin crashed into a stationary local train.
Lxter: In the terrific crash' a number of cars of the local tenim. were smashed to smithereens, and the terrible cries of the injured, penned beneath the debris, rent the zight air. Rescue, traïns, doctors, and ambulances were rushed to the lapot, while the bitter cold added to the sufferings of the victims.
LOCAL FOOTBALL NEWS None of the passengers in the ex-
SUSPENDED
DECISION BY CHINESE PAPERS
press were injured
The signals, it is alleged, were against the express, but another version of the accident declares- that the express was switched, on to the wrong track.
jjared.
casualties – were Thousands of readers of the Chinese news- Most of the
Eve visitato friends and rela-. papers were this morning disappointed at thellagers who were paying Christ- entire absence of any report on yesterday'stivem parcels containing charity football game. between China and Scot-Christmas presents in say paper wrappings, and children's toys, |were scattered about the railway land, and enquiries this morning revealed that about 20 Chinese newspapers decided at a meet-track among the debris and in- ing yesterday to refrain from publishing - for
any news on local foot-23 DEAD: 22 SERIOUSLY HURT DUCE'S PRESENT TO the time being at least
Berlin, Later: The casualties ball
lin the train accident now amount to 28 dead and 22 seriously in- jured, while 50 have been slight- ly hurt. Soldiers are searching the River Seale for further vic- tims, on the bridge of which the. accident happened.
TROOPS
Package With Cognac And Cigarettes
to
This decision, it is under-
stood, was arrived at, as the re-
suit of a pending action by o STOP PRESS
cf the First Division referees against one of the best-known vernacular papers.
Johannesburg-Today
Massawa, To-day The Australian touring team
Signor Mussolini's, present concluded the first day's play in
This steps not one of sym- the second Test against the South that the address was heard the troops is a package contain-| Africans 11 ans ahead with
throughout Australia perfectly, ing cigarettes and a bottle of cog-pathy with the newspaper invol wickets in hand.
Prior to the address all parts of ac Hundreds of lorries are en-ved, but is only a precautionary The newspapers have the Empire were linked up in gazed in transporting the pick-measure. turn and listeners heard characages to the front. The Christmas decided to be on the safe side up teristic conversations with aDay temperature was 94 in the til the matter is settled.
shade, and the air was infested Christmas Day background.
|with fies— Reuter. Reuter.
There were 8,000 present when Wade won the toss and elected to 2 bat on a fiery turf wicket.
18. Africa: 151 (W. 1. O'Reilly 4 for 54. McCormick 3 for 35, C. V. Grimmett 3 for 29). Australia: 168 for 3 (Fingleton 62.
W. A. Brown 51).
-Renter M.C.C. IN WINNING POSITION
BRIGHTER CRICKET AT CHRISTCHURCH
Christchurch, To-day
(Continued on Page 3)
THREE NEW LAWS IN FRANCE
Passed "En Bloc" By Senate
DUKE OF SPOLETO ON “ACTIVE SERVICE
Italian Royalty's Third Representative
Massawa, To-day. The Duke of Spoleto has ar- rived to take over command of the Red Sea Fleet
0 Notts F.
Û Charlton
*0
5 Bradford
0
Holl
1 Sheffield U."
3
1 Plymouth.
2
West Ham
0 Southampton
0
Brighton
3 Bristol C
0
Bristol R.
2- Bournemouth 1
Clapton
3 Gillingham
1
Coventry
◊ Aldershot
Killwall
2 Exeter
2
Newport
1 Torquay
6
Northampton 4 Reading
2
Tthe
Notts C.
0 Luton
3
Queen's F-R
3 Watford
Southend
3 Cardiff.
1
0 Crystal P.
2
carried their overnight' total presa The only variation was one
3
play the home team were 85 runs sible for the dissolution of the
108 for 4 to 364. At the close of which made the Cabinet respon- |
0
2
Singtead of the Minister of Foreign Minister and Ambassador
4 Mansfield
4. Tranmere
1
1. Barrow,
1
ing cricket, especially Lyttleton-
for the fifth wicket. After a very the Deputies are likely to assent reported to have discussed the re cautious start they played spark-thereRenter
Ifortifestion of the Dardanelles.
2 Stockport
1 Chesterfield
Swindon
THIRD DIVISION (North)
Chester
Crewe
+Darlington
4 Accrington
York Gateshead 2 Halifax
Hartlepools
́Oldham
Rochdale Southport Walsall
5 Wrexham Postponed owing to fog. † Ground fit for play..
(Continued on Page 9).
TIGER'S QUIET XMAS!
The tiger that
about in the New
prowling erritories is
evidently spending
Xmas, for, despite the fact
that out
several search parties
after the beast, no trace has been
seen of it since it was last by the party of soldiers who returning to Fanling late last "Friday night!
Paris, Yesterday. The Senate, by 207 votes to 84, passed en bloc three laws relating M.C.C. touring eleven to disarmament, the Leagues' secured a lead of 121 runs of prohibition against carrying Canterbury jesterday when they arms, and stricter control over the
He is the third member of the royal family on active service-Beater
DARDANELLES TO BE RE-FORTIFIED
in arrears with nine wickets in Leagues by a Presidential decree! Paris, Yesterday-The Turkish hand
Barber and Lyttleton added 156 Interior and the State Council visited M Laval yesterday and are
It is believed that France will
The newspapers concerned have an aggregate daily circulation of almost 100,000; while one which caters especially for the football public disposes of 15,000 copies during the week-ends when an important soccer game is on.
As not even the fixtures will be published and the Chinese are now very keen on the line-ups of the tears before they go to a game, the gates of the different games will probably be greatly affected and a large number of} newspaper boys, (mostly unlicen- sed) will be deprived of the means for earning a living.
STUDENTS VISIT TO NANKING Trainloads Marooned Near Shanghai
Shanghai, To-day."),
Read hit two glorious sizes in SWANSEA'S WIN OVER offer no objection if Britain is Two trainloads of students who
24 not out.
Flighting the ball splendidly, and having a cleverly placed field, Cromb succeeded in taking 5 for 52
Canterbury: 243 (Keir 146 not out, Shins 5 for 42), and 36 for anw wicket 200
MCC
364 (Barber 116, Lyttleton 80, Mitchell. Immer 50, Rend 24 not out, I B. Cromb for 513-
WEATHER REPORT
North-east winds, fresh; the weather forecast
as issued by the Royal this morning!
WATSONIANS
LONDON WELSH BEAT NEATH
London, To-day Three friendly Engby Union atches were played on Christ
Day, Swansea, the conquer ors of the All Blacks beating the Watsonians by 11 potuts to 6, and Bridgend beating Masteg by de points to 5.
Neath, playing at hoz the London We
6 Reuter
favorable to the project-Beuter left for Nanking on Tuesday, were
GERMAN AIR ACCIDENT
Lufthansa Machine. Crashes
terday
Heinkel ma-
marooned at Quinsan, 20 miles from Shanghai, where the engine- drivers left the trains. A number of members of the Peace Preser- vation Corps left for Quinsan to preserve order, while a number of students walked back to Shang" fraï last night-Beuter.
MR. CHOW LU'S: RETURN
Shanghai, to-day Uskler Lu, Chanc plot Daiversity were kiyes
SOLDIER KILLED
IN BRAWL.
Tragedy stalked in the wake of the Christmas Eve festivi- ties in the form of a brand. involving several persons and a soldier, said to be from the Royal Welch Fusiliers, who is alleged to have been hit over the head with a bottle at the Chins Fleet, Club, as a result of which he sustained head ine juries from which be parsed" away early yesterday morning. }
There are several conflicting and unconfirmed reports cir- · culating as to the outcome of the brawl and in the majority, of cases it is reported to have started in Wanchai.
Part of the local train had, al- ready ~ crossed to another line when the express thundered along and bore down upon it and hurl- ed ore car into the river and a second across the bridge railings Another six cars were telescoped. The driver of the second engine of the express saw that the line was blocked, but was helpless to bring the train to a standstill.
Later The death roll in the mil smash is now 30. —Peuter
OBITUARY
Modern Austrian Composer
Vienza. Yesterday.
Better.
The participants in the affair later went, to the China Fleet Club, where the climax
"The death has occurred of Alan was reached when an unknown Berg, the composer of the opera person is alleged to have pick-"Wozzeck Sed up a bottle and struck the unkkortunate man over the head. He was immediately attended-to" and sent back to barracks, where, he was found" dead at 4 am. yesterday..
It is confirmed that the soldier's name is Oliver Roberts, of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, and that he died at Murray Barracks The subsequent post mortem examination re vealed the fact that he died from a fractured skull, sus- tained effher in a fight or a fall. The brawl took place at the China Fleet Club on Tues- day night.
The police are penalizvestiatio
Mr Chow far no arrests have of Sun Yat Sen The burial of
Hong Kong B-Roberts took residentį Ingall
Ine
Alan Berg was an Austrian and one of the best known of contem- porary composers. His work is intensely moderni in style and makes use of the so-called quarter-tone |seala. In addition to "Wozzeck,” which is considered a tour de force in modern composition, he ||has written a number of chamber mizzie" compositions". fncluding "a string quartette. Portions
Wozzeck" were" broadcast by the B.B.C. for the first time in Eng land quite recently, and met with a very mirel reception
Colonel Robert Lorraine
odon. Yesterday--the death "occurred of the actor Colonel
Lorraine, aber
quinsy. He
during thei
bed a fight to
the
1xt-