FOG ENVELOPES ENGLAND
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Bleamer Holed is Channel. Dungeness and Hythe (feboats replied to enll for assistance this morning when the steminera Sea Glory and Ronde were in collision in a heavy fog. It is balioved the Renda suffered only slight damage, and the Son Clony, which was holed. was able to pro ered to Daver with the lifeboat in attendance...
Forty Motor Cars Crash. (Reuter's Special Service,)
LONDON, Dec. 19. One of the idiosynerasion of the Briton is that he frets if Christ. 10 passes without snowladen house house tops or good white front.
WILL JAPANESE OCCUPY
CHINCHOW?
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DEMONSTRATIONS PROHIBITED
NANKING, D,
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY DECEMBER
GANGSTER DIES ON HIS BED
POLICE CHIEF NOT SURPRISED AT SHOOTING
[BLUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}
ALBANY, N. Y., Dec., is. The Nanking Government bas palice, Mrs. Diamond, wife of the After a long axamination by thr issued an order prohibiting stud.notorious gangster, shot dead last Pents to hold demonstrations or mass night when celebrating acquitand meetings throughout the country. on a torture charge, was released). The order also holds local authoriof The authorities are quite satia ties of various provingos strictly fed that the murder of Diamond responsible for allowing students to wa due to gang vongenco, stage demonstrations or to commis other forms of agitation osleulated to undermine public order And place.
He is unlikely to fret on this occasion for nearly the whole of Britain is in the grip of a severe SAVING FUND "... trost, and fog,, which has stopped fying, delayed trains, and imped ed all trafie..
"A NATIONAL SALVATION
One of the main roads north-west of London has become like an ice rink.
Admiral Chen Chek... Commander of the Canton Navy, who proceed his journey to the North, in «are ed to this Coleny last Saturday on interview with local Maid that he intended to beek pas
Presemon Eye-witnesses tell An amazing sago for the North on board the story of torty cars crashing one President Wilson together with upon the ether.
All had been Chang Wei Tang, Commander of travelling bonnes to tail. all, the Canton Air Force, and General periodically bumping one into the Wong Shiu Hung, a Kwangsi lend other like train shunting or for the purpose of attending
Then, the leading lorry skied in trying to avoid motor excliats, and collision followed collision,
Hardly one of the cars survived the impacta, and nearly all were stranded on the roadeido-
the 1st plenary session of the C.E.C. and C.S.C. members of the Kuomintang elected by Nankin and Canton.
Ho professed that he had prepar The parangers are awaiting be
ad a scheme to le proposed at the', Inted braids in overcrowded stand C.S.C. members of the Kuomin
1st plenary session of the C.E.C. tions, where they organised games tang for the development of the such as leap frog in order to keep Chinese Navy or inodern lines. He would also suggest at the plen- ary session national salvatica saving" fund" Amounting $50,000,000 to be devoted to naval; construction.
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MUTINOUS CROW
ATTACK ON GERMAN CONSUL
(THHOUGH REUTER'S AGENDY,}
BERLIN, Dec. 18. As a sequel tho recent mutinios of the crews of German Vessels in Russian ports an Emer geney Court sitting at Emden, to day, senteneed the three alleged ringleaders of the mutiny at Odesen in October to terms of penal ...servitude ranging from thirteen
months to two years,
Nineteen other, men charged with complieity were sentenced to two months' imprisonment each,
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DR. SZE STILL UNWELL
.. {THRODUS REUTER'S AGENCY.)
LONDON, Dev. 18. Dr. Alfred Sze Chinese Ambas sador in London, has returned from Paris. He is still suffering from the results of his illass and has one to the country for a few days to recuperate
All belonged to the crew of the German steamer concerned in the affairs at Odessa when the German Consul was seriously mishandled. when he boarded the ship in an attempt to quell the mutiny.
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Police Commissioner Mulrooney says he is not surprised that Dia mond has at loast been "bumped off" and that he is no loss to the community.
CRITICAL DEBATE IN FRENCH CHAMBER
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN
· GOVERNMENT CARRIED
ĮTANOVOM, REVTER'S AGENCY. Į
PAR18, Des. 13. unscathed from a critical debate The Laval Government nurod of measures for dealing with the French after an initial defeat on a ques
nemployment problem, sion of procedure
The voting against the Govern ment, 10 to 991, was on a motion to give priority to a Speialist pro- posal to introduse unemployment insuranco on lines similar to the and to reduce working hours. achune operating in Great Britain,
A quantity of religious traots and a rosary were among personal The sitting was suspended tom property found by the police inporarily while the Cabinet discus- Diamond's bedroom aster
theed the position arising from the crime.
dofoat.
Too Contis
Visit to Girl Friend.
LATEN Unlike most gaugsters. Diamond Fronzied striggio with his re died on a bed, apparently after a
#118.
It appears that prior to going home, the dend gangster visited Roberts, who is now conspicuous hy hip Follies' girl friend, Marion
her absence.
The authorities do not, however, connect her with the crime. They are. quite satisfied that it was an illustration of gang vongenner.
PREMIER GOES TO LOSSIEMOUTH
CABINET AN COMPLETE HARMONY
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)
RUGBY, Dec. 18. The Prime Minister arrived at Lossiemouth for the Christmas holidays to-day.
In an interview discussing the Government's policy, he mid that fair play and no favour was what everyone wanted in international trade relations.
When the Chamber reassembled, tho Premier, M, Laval;"onmodaend that the Government had decided to reject the Socialist proposal on the ground that unemployment in- surnace was too costly, while the give Britain and other countries, reduction of working hours woul
with longer working hours, a com petitive advantage over France.
Ee announced that the vote on the proposal would be made a ques- tion of confidence.
Ministerial Triumph..
A debate on the scheme ensued, after which the proposal was de feated by 310 votes to 237.
A subsequent vote of condence in the Government, moved in the Chamber, was adopted by 325 votes
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Free Fight in Chamber. (Reuter's Special Service,)
PARIS, Dec. 10. There have been fisticuffs in the Chamber of Deputies.
During a debate on unemploy ment the Deputy for Limoges and the Socialist Deputy for Paris bad But encompassed by foreign suba Evely altercation in connection sides, bounties, and the compoti with employment in a shoe factory tion of low social standarde, the in_Limoges. time had "came when the position. The Limoges Deputy is said to must be considered. Britain was have Aung an insult at the Paris faced with the problem of self-pro-member, as he left the Chamber. teution.
In considering these important questions, he added, Cabinet har mony had been complete.
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The Socialist thereupon throw himself at his political adversary, supported by his fellow-Socialists, and the ushers had difficulty_in separating the combatants.. But this was only the first round.
The Direct"Eight."
In the lobby, at the conclusion of the sitting, another Sosialist mem- ban gave the Limoges Deputy 'direct" " right,” and a general box- ing match ensued, in which feet were also brought into play.
The ushers, on intervening, re ceived cuffs for their pains,
More Socialists reinforced thair man, and the air became thick with insults.
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The melee was about to become general when one of the high ofcials of the Chamber arrived and restored order.
PRINCE RECEIVES FLIER AND EXPLORERS
HINKLER, WATKINS AND COURTAULD
[OLITISK WIRELESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, Dec. 18. Bert - Hinkiur, the Auatrsdian airman who recently flew the South Atlantic in a light aeroplane, wis to-day received by the Prince of Wales to whom he related his ex- pericaces on his record-making fight. The Prince of Wales also recived Mr. S. Watkins and Mi Augustine Courtauld, the Aretia. explorers. Messrs. Courtauld ad Watkins took with them to York. House a bumber pf charts and. photographs, in which the Prince displayed keen interest,
SERIOUS FLOODS IN MALAYA
HUGE QUANTITIES OF RICE DESTROYED
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SINGAPORE, Dec. 12. Rivers 43 foot above normal and rapidly rising are causing a serious flood menace in Perak and Pahang, in the Federated Malay States, and many towns and villages are sub- merged.
A relist train was unable to reach a community: of 150 persons .who are isolated nonur Kuala Lipis" Another train has boen despatch- ed with native boats, with which it is hoped to revictual and rescue the survivora.
The Pahang River is rising at: the rate of one foot an hour.
Huge quantities of rice have been destroyed.
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