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PEKING, POLITIOS.
COMMISSION OF POLITICAL RE- SEARCH TO BE APPOINTED.
Lesbos, September 2ad. 'AN result of Major-General S
PEKING, September 3rd.. William Brancker's, efforts to gliminate
"LE is reported thay Several Chihli competition by the British all tines. the ouders, including Feng Yu Hsiang. Hsin three principal aerial transport Yau Yan Tsai Cheng Hsun and Chi been assigned exclusive Ilsieh Yuan, hav, circulated a telegram routes to Paris, Brussels and Berlin opposing the proposed Exderated system respectively, Thi tast-named will be a of provincial autonomy.
panies have
new service calling at Amsterdam, Bres
men, and Hamburg and is intended to Form the fix stage of an all-British route to Tudià rid Vienna and Constar tinople.
THE LATE DUCHESS OF
ALBANY.
The trouble between.
in
the Southern
EMPIRE EXHIBITION,
by the Attorney-General (the Hon. Mr. The case for the Crown was conducted J. H. Kemp, K.C.), and Mr. Risley Zeitlyn (instructed by Messrs. Lee & Rass) appeared for the defence.
1929.
"PEARLS OF GREAT PRICE. THE PRECARIOUS GAME OF
À MURDER CHARGE,
THE LEADER OF EUROPE, DIFFICULTY AS TO EVIDENCE."
MES. SNOWDEN DESCRIBES | SPAGĘ BOOKINGS REQUIRED NOW.
DIVING FOR SHELL A murder alleged to have been com
MR. LLOYD GEORGE Considerable progress is being made by mitted in 1920 formed the subject of There is much glamour associated with a joint sub-committee of the General and trial opened before the Chief Justice (Sir!
earls and pearling In realty the industry political weekly, Das Tagebuch, been telling Mrs. Philip Snowden has, in the German A sordid one, and the round, glistening the German public what she thinks of Mr. Chinese Chambers of Commerce in mak-Wm. Rees-Davies) at the Criminalstones which, wher threaded together, Idoyd George. ing the preliminary arrangements for the Sessions, yesterday. Ku Tai-mui, was adorn the necks of beautiful women, szc Hongkong sertion of the British Empire indicted for the murder of one of hisness (writes" and "in The Otage Witness), with regard to the Prime Minister, and sayu but a secondary consideration in the busi-frankly admits that she has change her mind At the outset of a remarkable article she Exhibition. ' One of the important points father's concubines, Tam Walching, ont is the shell that counts, the thick pearly that had she been asked about him during that must be settled very shortly is the February 20th, 1920.
substance which ja commerce is used in the war, at the time of the struggle with behalf of Hongkong and an announcement
pearling industry and "shell" is quoted have been different from what it is to-day extent of space that still be booked on
scora of different ways. Of late there has been a slump in the Torres Straita rampaign for the vote, her opinion would
the Boers, in our advertisement columns asks British
at very low figure. The waters around
or during the suffragette
Firms who intend to exhibit to send in
Thursday Island are the favourite fishing Iloyd George in the House of Commons. I know a man who at opposive Mr. ak moon as possible their spacs require
grounds in the Pacific. and the price prorail for 15 years." she says, "and at the end ing there governs other isolated pearling of that period he had to admit that the centres. In the Eastern Marquesas and Tahiti-there is a well-as ever.
Pacific British Premier waa
as great a puzzle on merely as side line, and a low price for defined pearling area. But diving is carried
abell see the industry at a standstill. The "But one thing I know of him, and that pearl oyster, grows in "bed,"! sometimes in is really an outstanding features of his Great pearls are not found on shallow reeixis incapable of mean revenge and paltry reef lagoons and at others in deep water. character: he is free from malice Ha Hence diving must be resorted to. In personal spite. I have never heard Torres Simits the approved rubber suit and air. Lloyd George abused aer bar, that air pumping engine is part of the equipment ourable opponent." of all the cutters. The divers of the most on end, spend their days beneath the sea. Their "diving" life, however, is a short one, and five years of the work finds the mea and Thursday Jaland offers silent testimony physical wrecks. The graveyard at Broome to the rewards of the game.
ments,
The jury were Mesare. C. A. B. Brooke So far, it is expected that Kowmooreman), F. E. Silva, J. L. Bronärid,
and Taikoo Deck will show exhibits.
S. M. Mayer, G. U. da Boen, Chu Po-yan illustrative of the Colony's importance as a shipbuilding centre. Commodities and G. F. da Raya, handled in. Hongkong which are of The Attorney-Generai explained that the Chinese origin will be shown in a specially caso was a simple one. The prisoner, MA constructed street of shops to be as much the habit of visiting his step-mother as possible like any principal Hongkong and borrowing money from her. On the business street. Hickshan, chairs and day in question accused visited deceased their coolies will be there so that actual about o'clock and asked for money. He
FREE FROM MALICE.
members of the Extraordinary Parliament of 1915 and the Chairmen of the two Houses has been brought to an end. It appears that the Chairunen entertained the members on Friday in dinner, at which they explained that the members
Lesbos, September 4the
had "no legal ground for reinstatement The Huchess of Alimus girl
promised that a Commission of Poll-conditions in Hongkong may be recon- did not get any and came again about part are Japs and Malays, who, for weeks Mr. Lloyd George will continue to play a Hire riss in the nstriän Teral where she was
meal Rosearch be appointed, of which the wisiting the Duke of Saxe Coburg.
members in question shall be members, This gave satisfaction and a Chihling REASON FOR. ** ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG ". SUSPENSION.
BERLIN. September 4th.
It is noteworthy that the Allgemeine Zeitung, which has been temporarily. suspended, owned by Herr Sinnes. fuspension followed the publication of a series of violent anti-Government articles YOUTHFUL COMMUNISTS
DEMONSTRATE IN BERLIN. ENCOUNTER WITH THE POLICE
At a
mandabe was last evening Issued record- ingly.
I LOTTERIES PROHIBITED, ·
Mandates, issued last night proclaim the prohibition of lotteries throughout China: appoint Tai Cheng Hsun at Tuli in charge of military affairs in Kiangs; and appoint as Commissioners for Opium Suppression. Sab Chang Ping for Fukion and Anhu, Li Kai Hsien for Shensi and Hapeb. Sun Tao Jen for Kansu and Chinese Turkestan, and Cheng Tao Yoan
Baasis. September 2nd.tor Suiyuên. demonstration of youthful com munists who were numerous enough to EMPLOYMENT OF CHINESE ACTORS
ENGLAND.
hold up traie, the crowd tried to rescue
IN
man whom the police had arrested. A HUMOUROUS NEWSPAPER LEADERS
ON THE YELLOW PERIL.",
fr light developed, the crowd using hotties and banner poles. The police used arms and four persons were injured.
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An important exhibit will be a large model of the land and Kowloon and smaller mode of the whole of the New folks at home, na torm a better idea of Territory and the Islands in order that the nature and extent of this British Celony. Hongkong as sich & smail det
the map that any stay-at-home Britishers have only the bazirat ideas
lout this remote cutpost of Kinpire.
WHY HE CARRIED A REVOLVER, POLISH COOK BEFORE THE MAGISTRÁTE,
intendent of Police."
SKIN DIVERS.
Mrs. Snowden says she is quite sure that
remains Prime Minister after the coming role in public life in England, whether he General Election or act.
fight at Genoa has so heightened his pres
Personally she believes that "his bravo tige that he will remain in office. But, Ministar or not, be will be a power to be reckoned with..
greatest living cefner of winged words. "I believe that Mr. Lloyd George is the Again and again during the war he roused the nation with some energetic sentence, and with some remarkable, formula kept it, united and energetic, at its terrible work
MASTER POLITICIAN,
"Imagine the man he is. He is nearly
structed as far as possible. An import. 12 o'clock and again at 1 o'clock. Upon ant iten will be a Chinese Restaurant, being refused money the last time. He Perbags with Chinese theatre, attached, dreea revolver. He was persuaded to which is sure to apiral Ly its novelty go "downstairs, but when he reached the to people at home. Mr. Taggart may door be again produced his revolver and open a replica of the Hongkong. Hotel fred some shots. Deceased was struck in Eastern Pacific divers are "skin" divers. Founge at the Exhibitiño.
the head and fell down dead. The accus. That is, they dive without a dress. Natur
COINER OF WINGED WORDS. ed was searched for, but was not found becomes in time even more disastrous than his finger-tips," Mrs. Snowden goes on, ally this process of harvesting the sea floor. He is filled with healthy Radicalism to until this year, when he was discovered "suit" diving. The ecdurante under the And be it was, more than any other person, in a house where his mother was living,water of the skin diver, while being remark-who held the nation together during the The ductor who examined the body heard skin divers boast that they can remain magnetic power of his living and energetic able, is sometimes tauch over-stated. I have war. He accomplished this by virtue of the and was not likely to return. Counsel time I have learned to separate the ideal passioned speeches and brilliant winged was Dr. Scott. He had left the Colong below for three minutes. But sicce that personality, which discharged itself in im
from the real when it comes to recounting words,' happend to stay for the post mortem have gauged their time nnder water by their was calling Sergeant Dorling, who
island doings. These three minutes divers and had the whole thing explained to him sensations and not the clock. As a matter by Dr. Scott, Counsel proposed that Dr. of fact 70 seconds below is good diving day Valentine should be in Court while Sergt
in and day out.
"I don't say "that to remain below the Dorling gave evidence and he would then surface for three minutes is impossible. It "His speeches, which he hurls out under go into the box and, on the sergent's evi. ia not done, however, by pearl divers in the the influence of the greatest excitement, are dence, say what the cause of death must may contain a pearl; pearl of great price, a is a power in them that can rouse the deal course of their "fishing." Every oysters mixture of romance and prophecy. There have been.
thing of beauty, a joy for ever. Again it to life, and can clothe the pale skeletion of The Attorney-General put Sergt. Doz.may not. Every black lip oyster, every doubt and hesitation with the glowing Hesh At the Magistracy, yesterday morbing that the evidence of fact be given before whole pile of bivalves may yield up 5
ling in the box, but Mr. Zeitlyn asked gold lipped orster is a chance in a lottery of hops and frust.
Damped in a heap on the cutter's deck, the Lively scenes occurred at a meeting of /Joseph S. Yeyutoush, a Polish cook in the medical evidence. It would be more precious stone varying in size from a miere
the employ of Messrs Wiseman's was the Actors Association, when a number, charged before Mr. Hamilton, with being advisable if he first of all heard the cir. Beed to a pearl worth many pounds to the 60 saal of figure and a trifle stout. His THE GRECO-TURKISH WAR.107 mempers, disobased, the Chairman's drunk and incapable in Ies House Street cumstances of the crime, so that he could
diver. But it is all a gamble.
white, flowing hair fall loosely about his Pearl shell was first found in Torres head, sometimes even over his coat-collir. IMPORTANT EVENTS IMPENDING.ng and insisted a discussing the on Saturday night, and with having in put questions to the medical witness which Straits in 1867 by a Capt. Dawson, who He has the morriest, west friendly, thir- employment of Chinese supers in the his possession an automatic pistol, cone would not otherwise be able to do. sailed over those waters in a schooner bound grey eyes which when his sense of the connie ATERS, September ard.
theatrical production East of Suez "taining one round of ammunition without The Attorney General pointed out that from Sydney, to Western Australia. Thursor his detestation of evil is aroused will The evacuation of Eskishehr is the only Replying to ha
the permission of the Captain SuperMr. Zeitlyn had had the depositions and it day Island was selected as the pearling twinkle humorously or else frown angrily. urgency resolution.
port in 1887. but pearl shell was discovered "He walka very rapidly, his movements" pcial news available so far. A number deploring the 'employment of foreigners
anything fresh transpired the medical in the South Seas long before that date.are definite, and he acts always for a certain of wounded have arrived, and the hos white British actors were starving, the permit on application to the arms office, and years and nobody had objected to it laumotas in 1810. In 1813 two pearling for him. His hands are small and pointed, The defendant said he had been refused always followed this procedure for years called the James May, found shell of the men, and there is no strolling through life witnesses could be re-called. They had William Campbell, the owner of a schooner reason. He has the energy of tea average pitals are being promptly organised, secretary of the Actors' Association affirm Uneasiness prevails owing to the lacobiced that natives received full trade union tor Macdonald said that if defendant had test for the last twenty years..
In reply to the Magistrate, Sub-Inspec. before. It had been done in the public vessels, the Daphne and the Queen Charlotte, like an artist's. The breadth of his shoul and infrequent Greek" conimuniqués. 1trates and the producers had undertaken applied for a permit the probability was rather an exceptional case.
left Sydney for Tabiti, and during the ders suggests anual muscular strength, The Chief Justice thought this was journey, the vessels were seized by the divers and the rapidity of his "movements speaks generally felt that most important to employ an exclusively British cast in that his application would have been re-give no ruling, but he saw no reason why and two seamen of the the Daphat were
He would who were mostly Kanakas. The captain of extraordinary vitality. Areola are impending, and persistent the event of the play going to the pro-fused,
"Mr. Lloyd George is the master po- as he was not a British subject.
it should not be done. reports of Ministerial changes are curvinos, Widespread attention has been
Evidence was then given and the Court marconed on all
killed and sight other Europeans were litician, and he knows the political game Mr. D. M. Goodall, Manager of the adjourned until this morning.
barren jaland named from the first to the last letter of its.. rent. Nevertheless, the general public attracted the dispute and inspired Wiseman Cafe, said this defendant had
Arara" Six other seamen belonging to the alphabet. vessel were compelled by the divers to sail remains calm, and special measures for several newspaper lenders, humorously been in his present employment for three
the Daphne to Tabiti. There the vessel But his lore is for music. the maintenance of order seem unacces discussing the yellow peril."
years, and had always been a satisfactory
was recaptured by Capt. Walker of the heard him any that he would much rather brig Badesrour and the ringleaders of the be a musician than Prime Minister of mutineers were hanged. However, it tran-England. That was a very interesting The Magistrate: Has he got drunk
spired later that it was owing to his light on his character. before-es, but nothing serious. He
inhuman treatment of the natives that Sir James Mitchell, the Premier of West-Capt
"Folk songs and glorious old hymnal Fodgar of the Daphne has been drunk sometimes on the first of ora Australia, during his receat visit to murdered.
was he adores, and he himself sings them not Da England concluded a tentative agreement
occasion several at all badly. My most pleasant memory the month, or on Saturday nights. with the emigration authorities under which cances laden with fish and fruit were of him is this tried man, decorated the British Government, the Commonwealth swampod while trying to reach the Daphne, with all the orders he had to wear at a great Did you know he had a pistol1-"No." Mr. Goodal added that defendant-slept Government of Australia, and the State Capt Fodger took the natives on board official banquet at the Genos Conference, Government of Western Australia are to his vessel and then sailed for the open sea sings before he leaves the house, an in the bakery by himself, and, feeling that operate in the work of settling 75,000 Several miles from the, faland he threw gaging little song of his native Wales.
Western district of Western Australia at drowned..
"At Chequers, the official country seat arms for self-protection.
the rate of $5,000 (including men, "women,
of the Prime Minister, we have sang the The Magistrate convicted the defendant and children) a year.
songs of all races, even the gloomy, hopeless. The on both charges and ordered the tempor-be drafted under the new Empiro Stettle
which is the first to To-day, Papeete, capital of Tahiti, is Bat the most impressive moment was when agreement,
revolutionary songs of suffering Russia. LA cable message, dated September 2nd, ary confiscation of the arms, pending the ment Act, is subject to ratification by the the pearling ontre of the Eastern Pacific the whole company sang religions aymon destroyed and dispersed, while the south-stated that the steamer President Cleve application by the defendant for 2 per-tion Sir James Mitchell proposes to obtain March dozens of pearling cutters tie up to with voice and band, to the last note of Commonwealth Government. This ratifica In the hurricane sensor-December to of thanks, and when Mr. Lord George led. ern suffered severe set-backs. The Tulu- und had gone aground on Tunga Spit.].mit, on consultation with the C.S.P. For on his arrival back in Australis in a few the trees along the water front while the triumph. On such occasions the real Lloyd bunar sector is retreating towards Ushak.
being drunk and incapable a fine of $5 Australia by the
weeks time. Messages received from native skipper parade the own ideas. None George, reveals himself, a man of faith and Large quantities of war material and 150 PHILIPPINE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S was imposed.
General state that air. Australian Agent-good time sccording to their own ideas. None humility.
Hughes monwealth Prime Minister, who recently quadrant, and they navigate their crafts by Let bit numerous critica, point to weak-
the Com-
of these men know the use of compass and Visited the areas which it proposed to settle in the south-western district
dead reckoning. They thus often take woeks Western Australis, "PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED!" of the scheme. It's big, scheme, the boats are tiny things and although broad in him of failure in Paris and say that he sin
to cover very short distancos at sea. The esses in his temperament; let them accusa poke said, "and certainly large sum of money the beam, look most frail. If a man is an fully concluded compromises which must will be required to france it. But the entsire there is no room for him between enslave our children's children; let angry prospects are such that I intend to strongly the poop deck over the hold and the foot Tory die-harde drag his Limehouse speech recommend the Commonwealth Govern high mail. But their storage capacity is to the light; self-righteous Liberals Rssert The controversy between Major-General ment to co-operate in the work." thing possible to attract outside capital over the Prime Minister'a assertions in Its purpose is to organise the settlers in horse, fire mes, and an equal number of 1 det office aspirants in the ranks of the Sir Maurice and Mr. Lloyd George scherue is what is called "group wettlement pearl-shell and half a dozen turtles (though their past gires that the lie); One of the principal features of the enormous, I've seen aboard, besides copra, they could have done things better
the spring of 1916 at the time of the great small groups of men, who shall work to women; and then the rigging was full of Labour Party grumble that he makes use German advance is re-opened by corres-gether in clearing the land, erecting dwell bananas and clusters of bread-fruit. Several of their political properties; let the French pendence published in the Westminstering houses, and so on, so that they may be New Zealanders are cugaged in the industry rage at that which, la their stubbornses, Gozele on July 25th,
provided at once with suitable employment in Torres Straits, the best known being they regard as treason-his faith w
maintenance, and at the same time. ment of India observed:-"hope and of America's support and co-operation, write to him saying that he now finds that their fans are being prepared by them- boy, who for many years has been “big fella. And Europe. the information which he used was in selves for their
General Maurice aska"the Premier to trained in the work of settlement' wh Capt. William Field Porter, an old Thames i always save him. And it will also 1219
correct, and that you unreservedly with Hughes stated that the methods of group Thomas Farquhar is another. Both these anything else in Mr. Lloyd George's occupation. Mr.marster" over a fleet of pearling cutters. For more important and stronger than draw the imputation that I had supplied settlement strongly appealed to him, as the men have had some rare experience in the character is his pioty. Through that, and you with information the correctness of interests of the men would be closely elusive hunt for the precious pearl. Beteral in apile of everything, he will understand which I afterwards publicly challenged." identified with the progress of develop years ago, during the most severe hurricane if he does not already do so that he be Failing this, the general adds, the only ent course left to him is to send the letter to Crown Lands available for settlement at that Wave. The whole of the pearling cutters The people of Europe dream that the
There are
sco ¿overal
millions of acres of aboard the tender schooner Cred of the England
which ever visited the straits, Porter was longs to Europe; and no longer merely to the newspapers...
one district alone. With a rieb soil and a Mr. Lloyd George's secretary replies:-regular rainfall of 30 to 40in, per annum, your threat to publish, by may
were lost at sea, but by skiful seamanship man who led England to the conquest of
Bary.
GREEKS SEVERELY DEFEATED..
PARIS, September 3rd. Bumming up the results of the big battle ân, Anatolia, Angor communiqué, claims that the offensive on the Afuukar- This sector, after pressing uninter-
"PRESIDENT- OLEVELAND "
REFLOATED.
NO DAMAGE REPORTED.
SHANGHAI, September 4th. The Pacific Mail Company's steamer. President Cleveland » жая "refloated last
2.2.1.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
BIG SCHEME FOR 75,000 SETTLERS GOING AHEAD.
оде
ruptedly for five days, ended in the defest night and came alongside the wharf at was a bit unsafe, had carried the British emigrants on the land in the South-I them overboard and, most of them were
of the Greek army, which was split in two. The northern army was completely
guns of all calibres have been captured. The communiqué adds that Kutays and Kedoz have been occupied by the Turks.
THE WORK OF BRITISH OFFICIALS IN INDIA.
LORD WILLINGDON'S TRIBUTE. In replying recently to so juddress from the Anantpur municipality Lord Willing- don referring to further political advaner-
noon to-day. The vessel is believed to he undamaged.
ANNUAL REPORT.
THE NECESSITY FOR OUTSIDE CAPITAL.
MANILA, September 4th. Governor-General Wood, in his annual report, says the Philippines must do every-
He has confidence this will come as soon the Government retires from business. He is also confident of the continuation
believe there is no British official in this as long as the Philippines show them country who is not honestly sad sincerely workng to achieve the consummation of
selves worthy.!! the munificent labours of thousands of. my fellow countrymen in past years, namely, handing over the administration RECONSTRUCTION, OF BANK OF of this country as soon as possible into the control of its own people and placing India in a position of absolute equality
is that Indians will not be
ENGLAND,
In consection with its reconstruction
PRIME MINISTER'S. REPLY TO MAJOR-GENERAL· MAURICE.
1
OWD
FISHERMEN AND, THEIR CRAFT.
LOYEE OF MUSIC.
PIETY PREDOMINANT.
I ace
the British Empire and my further hope far as possible to retain the present out-would refer you with all courtesy for yet become the home of millions of people.wife was on the schooner during her budeting, many, and, if they will, Eussia and France. of the great services which my fellow coun- behind as possible. The architect is aim similar circumstances by the Duke of Western Australia. I like the people and vicinity of the northern pearling contre,
side walls with as many of the old rooms. answer to a short" observation minde in. of seeing something of the great, State of she has since been unable to lird in that the rescue of Europe.*: trymen have rendered to their country in ing at the erection, of a central. structure Wellington."
am glad to have had this opportunity and such was her trying experience that and Italy, to the conquest of peace and to the past and will show them more than of four or five stories surrounded by the ever in future, sympathy, goodwill and girdle of the lower building composed of cooperation in their labours until that the existing external walls and sparing
the-spirit in which they are facing the Now that the artificial culture of pearls bas tremendous task of developing their woh been perfected by the Japanese, there is But the shell will continue to be in moment arrivea,'t
Scanes Halls but abolishing the Botunda ed
"Dear Funny Publish and be damn wealth Clovernment to co-operate with thom, falling off in the values of the stones demand for collar studa, dress buttons,
durful heritage. They ask the Common- and this we most certainly will do.
(Continued at foot of next column.) and auch like
The observation was: