THE
ORIGINAL PRO BONO PUBLICO
DEATH OF MR.
ALGERNON ASHTON:
London, To-day.
British Casualties On North-West Frontier
NEW DELHI, TO-DAY.
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 12, 1937.
(b) Murders of several British
THE CASUALTY LIST IN officers, and
(c) Minor offences, such as, cut- The death has occurred at the THE ATTACK ON A BRITISH ting of telephone wires. age of 78 of Algernon Ashton, the CONVOY ON THE NORTH- It was hoped that, with the con- famous British composer.
clusion of the recent Khaisora Val- The late Professor Ashton began WEST- FRONTIER ON SATUR-
ley operations and making of a settle- to study music at the early age of DAY IS NOW GIVEN AS ment with the Tori Khel tribes, who seven under Franz Heinig and later
He went to SEVEN BRITISH OFFICERS attack upon Government
were mainly responsible for the under Ivan Knorr.
troops Leipzig in 1863, remaining there KILLED, TWO BRITISH NON-which necessitated those operations, for seventeen years.
the situation would clear up.
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From 1885 to 1910 he was pro- COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Unfortunately, this has not been fessor of the pianoforte at the Roy KILLED AND 20 INDIAN AND al College of Music in London. From
1913 to 1935 he was at the London OTHER RANKS KILLED:
College of Music, being on the Board of Examiners from 1918 to 1933.
the case and the mullahs concerned still continue their subversive preaching, offences continue to take place and the murders of British Five British officers, one Bri-Officers remain unpunished. tish non-commissioned officer, The Torl Khel tribes have recent
officers and 37 In- Professor Ashton published about two Indian
ly broken the terms of the settle- 170 works of music, among them dian other ranks were injured.
ment and operations against them are now being carried on daily.
being eighteen sonatas for various instruments.
One of his recreations was writ- ing letters to the press, over 2,700 communications from him having
appeared in various newspapers
from time to time.-Reuter.
SAGRES GOES AGROUND
During Voyage In Sarawak
On her voyage from Siriki to Sibu in Sarawak a week ago the s.s. Sagres, under Captain J. M. Mor ren, ran aground on the sandbank in the Rejang River and was sub- 24 sequently delayed for almost hours. She arrived in the har- bour yesterday afternoon.
At the time of the incident the ship was being piloted by one of the qualified river pilots of Siriki The river being very narrow and shallow navigators have always found some difficulty in navigating ships of a tonnage of over 2,000 tons.
The vessel was refloated during high tide, undamaged.
SISTERS BID FOR AIR RECORD
Cape Flight Planned
Killed
The names of the killed are: Major H. W. D. Palmer, 3/16th Punjab Regiment.
Captain M. B. Courtney, 3/16th |Punjab Regiment.
Captain, N. M. Durrani, Indian Medical Service,
Lieutenant E. C. L. Hinde, Royal Bombay Sappers.
Lieutenant M. Earle, Royal Ar- tillery.
Lieutenant E. S. R. France, Raj- put Regiment.
Second-Lieut. G. E. Scott, Fron tier Force Regiment.
Sergeant N. Davies, Royal Corps f Signals.
Corporal E. C. Turner, Royal Corps of Signals.
of
Wounded
The wounded' officers were:—
Major T. Z. Waters, Royal Indian |Army Service Corps.
CIVILIANS LEAD IN SENIOR OFFICERS' MATCH
AND THE ARMY IS
LAST
MR. C. WATSON'S “POSSIBLE”
STOP PRESS
TEL. 20022 or 33993
The Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith, Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones and Mr. V. C Branson, representing the Civil Service in the Senior Officers PRECAUTIONS IN AIR Match in the local Bisley Meeting, led the field at the end of the first section of the shooting, scoring 74 against the next best of 70.
Officers'
RAIDS
Committee Of 70 M.P.S.
Mr. C. Watson, a civilian entry of the Dockyard Rifle Club, scored the only possible of the meeting. A Parliamentary Committee has this afternoon, when he scored the been formed to investigate and maximum total of 50 over 500 yards watch over civilian air raid pre- Captain S. D. Wilcock, 1/16th in the Stickledown Competition. cautions. Punjab Regiment,
Scores in the Senior Second-Lieut. L. H. M. Parsons, Match were: Probyn's Horse.
Civil Service Captain A. Paton, 2nd Mountain Hon. N. L. Smith Battery.
E. I. Wynne-Jones Lieut. F. D. Robertson, 19th Hyv. C. Branson derabad Regiment.
FANATICAL MULLAHS-
An official statement says that the
At present the Committee num- bers 70, and is confined to suppor- ters of the Government. Mr. Oliver 20 Simmonds, M.P. was elected chair- 29
man, and Mr. Duncan Sandys, M.P., 25 secretary
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H. K. Police
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Two sisters, Miss Mabel and Miss focus of trouble on the Frontier is Hon. T. H. King Sheila Glass, are planning to attack in Waziristan where, owing to the C. G. Perdue Mrs. Amy Mollison's Cape record religious excitement engendered by w. L. Sparrow of 3 days 6hr. 26min.
the preaching of certain fanatical
Royal Navy
The sisters, who are both in the mullahs, a state of considerable un- early twenties, arrived in London rest prevails. These mullahs have after finishing third in the Inter been preaching for some months national Egyptian Aviation Meet that Islam is in danger and have Rear-Admiral Sedgwick ing in February. On that occasion been taking as their text the case Commander Wauchope. they used a machine bought for of the Hindu minor girl, who was Lt. Commidr.' Disgrowe them by their mother, Mrs. Mabel abducted early in 1986 by a Mo- Glass, who believes that flying "tea-hammedan resident of Bannu and ches courage, resourcefulness and who was subsequently restored to initiative."
her lawful guardian by "an order
Army It was their first experience of of the judicial courts of British Brigadier Bissett Continental air touring. They learn- India.
Col. H. C. Harrison ed to fly three years ago at Hes- They have also cited the case of Col. Irwin
the Shahidguni mosque, Lahore, and gretheir idea apparently is to bring
Another serious outbreak of malaria pressure
essure on the Government of India
has occurred at the naval base at Trin- to reverse by executive action the comales, in Ceylon, where nearly 74,000 judicial decision taken in the courts, persons died of malaria between No vember, 1934, and April, 1985,
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In view of the wide scope of the subject, the committee has divided the duties of investigation between Six
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ix sub-committees as follows: gaa; 2, high explosives: 3, fire; 4. evacuation; 6, public services, and 28 6, finance and insurance.
It will be the duty of the sub-
70 committees in their respective - spheres first to determine the exact nature of the particular menace they 20 are investigating. Then they will 28 examine the steps which are being 11 taken or are in contemplation by the Government, local authorities and 68 voluntary organisations,
Further, the sub-committees' work will include an inquiry into 21 the precautions which are being un- 15 dertaken in foreign countries with 24 a view to comparing them with the
action which is being taken here.
· On the completion of the investi- gations the sub-committees will re- port to the main committee with view to action.
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In the Brookwood Competition, the results were
RESULTS OF HOSITILITY
Two French military pilots had a re- The hostility to the Government markable escape from death when their thus produced in
Waziristan fighter machines collided in mid-air agencies have resulted hitherto in. over Rheims Forest, one being only (a) The Khaisora Valley opera- slightly injured, while the other was unharmed.
two
M.
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R. U. R. 45.
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Kong