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No. 23182. HANASĦAXXA =BMA¶¶± HONG KONG, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1932. ##@#F±#GXff Price
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| Offer: I did a ju-jitsu trick on Please, sir," said the small boy, your "would you rind thanking her for The prisoner: No you didn't, eight 1"
"you put your foot in my face..
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS.
TO-DAY
(November 18).
13th day of Rejab. Auctions:-Lammert's
BLACK REPUBLIC
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LEAGUE COMMISSIONER ENFORCES PEACE
sale of
TRUCE SWORN ON RAZOR BLADE
electrical Appliances, and porcelain ware, Sales Room, 11 a.mn.
Rotary Club Tiffin, Lane Craw- ford's Restaurant.
Genova, fibéria, the "Black RE- public" of West Africa, where
LOST SCOTTISH GIRL
AEROPLANE SEARCH OVER NAIROBI CRATER
AFRICAN NATIVE'S STORY -|
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Nairobi, Oct. 12.-A widespread|| Delectable Flavour.
search by aeroplane for the Glas gow girl, Miss Winifred Stevenson,
Meeting of the Hong Kong Foot 100,000 natives were forced to lies who has been missing since she went i
ball Association, 8.30 pm.
Chess:-Kowloon Chest Intra-Club Match, 0 p.m. -
Club
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in conditions of slavery, with all for a motor drive with Mr. W. R. its attendant horrors, has under-Ross and her friend, Miss Margaret Whist Drive. Civil Service Cric- gone a remarkable change within Kepple, five days ago, has failed lo yield any trace of the missing two months. ket Club, 8.30 p.m.
This improvement is due, to the girl. The seroplane covered a wide Tournament 2. Horkey: Mamak
work of Dr. M. D. Mackenzie, Spe-aren, including the great crater of R.A.M.C. Tamar, at King's
cial Commissioner of the League Meuengai, which is situated near the spot where Mr. Ross's car was Park, 4 p.21.
of Nations to the Kru Coast; - sisted by the Hon. F. A. K. In found abandoned, but. was obliged nell, Special Commissioner of the to return to Nairobi without suc
ceeding in its mission. Liberian Government.
2.
Theatres Queen's: "Cracked Nuts.", Star: Guilty Hands." Central: "Night World." King's: Love Me To-wight." Oriental:"Ambassador Bill."-- Majestic: "Radio Patrol."
Dances:-Tea Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, Gloucester, and King's Restaurant Dinner Dances n't
Peninsular and Hong Kong Hotels and King's Restaurant.
Tides:-High at 11.96 and 21.9; Low at 4.40 and 18.06.
Principal Malle Outward: Europe, Francisco, by Taiyo Maru
WEDNESDAY (November 14).
1/125
San
17th day of Rejab. Radio and Refrigerator. Exhibi- tion, Gloucester Building.
Annual General Meeting, Helena May Institute, 11.30 a.m.
Whist Drive, Seamen's Institute,
9. p.m.
Hockey-Manak Tournament: Royal Signals r. Varsity (Marion) p.m.; German Club Parthian (Naval ground), 4.15 p.m.; Kow loon. Indians 12th Battery (Soo- kunpoo 4.15 p.m. Friendly matches: Hong Kong Hockey Club Feniors H.M.S. Cumberland (Navy ground), 5.15 p.m.
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Theatres.
King: Love Me Tonight." Sir Variety Programme." Central: "Travelling Hushand." Queen's: "Cracked Nuts," Oriental: Ambassador Bill."
Daners: Tea Dances at King's Restauraut, Gloucester, and Hong Kong Hotel: Dinner Dances at
King's Restaurant, Peninsular, Hong Kong and Repulse Bay Hotels, and the Gloucester.
Tides: High at 19.90 and 22.10; Low at 3.92 and 15.20.
Principal Malls.' Outward:-America by Mauna wili, 3.20 p.m. Australia ty. Tai, ping, 10.30 a.m.
THURSDAY (November 17).
19th day of Rajab. Meeting of Theosophical Society,
p.m.--
Whist Drive, Police R.C., Happy Valley, 8.30 p.m.
Nadie and Refrigerator Exhibie tion. Gloucester Building.
Entries close for. Fanling Hunt Steeplechase, noʊn.
Theatres Queen's: "Happy Ending." Oriental" Ambassador Bill." King's: “Love Me Tonight.' Star: Disraeli." Central:Travelling Husbanda
Dancos-Ten Dances at King's Restaurant, Hong Kong Hotel and Gloucester; Dinner Dances at Peninsula and Hong Kong Hotels, and King's Restaurait
Bang-and-Piana Recital,-Holens May Institute, 5.30 p.m..
Tides:-High at 13.15 and 22:45 ;- Low-nt 6.10 and 15.30.
Principal Mails. Inward-Europe by Ranpura; Australia by Atsuta Maru.
Dr. Mackenzie arrived at Monro via on June and found the tribes at war with one another, the whole country, being an armed camp. He induced the chiefs to coine together to inter-tribal peace ceremonies, where they ate kola aut with pepper and salt on the edge of a razor-blade and swore to observe the
conditions of the truce."
Fresh information 118 to the events of the night on which the party eat out on the fatal motor drive came to light to-day. It was revealed that a lotter had been left Rogs with Mrs. Stevenson from stating that he was taking the girls to Nairobi for the races and asking her whether she had any objection, Whether the girls were aware of Ross's intention, however, is not known.
Question of Assistance, The full particulars of the chang- It is also understood that on the ed conditions are given in the re-
night of their departure, Ross in- port of Dr. Mackenzie's mission, which was studied in secret session vited Miss Stevenson to go for a by the conimittee of the League drive, but she declined unless ag Council for examining Liberia's re-companied by a third party, quest for assistance. This report has been withheld from the public, but I have been able to ace a copy and to note its main features,
Miss Koppie, who lived with the Stevensous, undertook to go with them, and her body, with two bul. let wounds in it, was subsequently
It is 21 months since the dis-discovered near the abandoned ear A new development to-day was closures about the misrule of the negro government were made by the the 'statement of a native that he International Commission of In-saw a light in an empty house on quiry, and despite solemu promises the shore of Lake Nakuru on Fri- to reform, little was done until day night, which was extinguished as soon as he approached. Subee- Dr. Mackenzie's arrival.
The report describes inter-tribalquently, the nativo entered the house, where he saw fresh blood- stains on the verandah floor,
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It is now alleged that the notor.. car in which the girls travelled on the night of the crime covered 90 miles before it was abandoned eight miles from the point whence it set out.
quarrels, rebellions against, unpopu lar chiefs and against the govern. meat. In the hostilities "some 44 towns had been turned and an utt known mumber of casualties had occurred. The whole of the tribes of the Kru Const were fully armed with guns and spears... Four tribes, comprising 12,000 men, women and children, had been driven into the bush and were in a state of starvation."!___
Tribes Repatriated. Farming, fishing and the whol coonomic. life of the country had been brought to ruin by these hos tilitics. The trouble was instigat ed by political leaders among the so-called "civilised" Krus, descens dants of American negros who, after inciting the natives to war with the another, retired to the safety. of Montovia"
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The Commissioner armnged for Ithe ysturn to their own lands-of- two of the four tribes which had been driven into the bush and made provisión againet starvation, for the rest. Pence. has been restored an arma confiscated, while reconstrác tion of towns and farm is taking place
The Liberian committec, lías de eided not to subrait to the League Council its draft project of asmat ance for Liberia until negotiation have been carried on with the Ame rican Finance Corporation-and-the Firestone Plantation Company.
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