SIBERIAN
DASTARDLY
EXPRESS
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1933.
WRECKED
THE ACT BY
BANDITS
TRAIN LEAPS FROM RAILS AT
50 M.P.H.
Many Passengers Feared Killed And Injured
Harbin, November 27.
The Trans-Siberian express with six hundred pas-, sengers aboard was wrecked by bandits, forty miles east of Tsitsihar. It is feared many were killed and injured. The bandits unbolted the rails with the result that the train, travelling at fifty M. P. H., leapt from the The metals and somersaulted down the embankment. bandits fired on the passengers who were endeavouring to escape from the over-turned coaches. A number of passengers, it is reported. were kidnapped.--Reuter.
DESPERADOES
Shanghal, January 27. Incomplete reports reaching Shanghai show that an express train was derailed by bandits a hundred miles west of Harbin late last night, when several coaches were overturned. Desperadoes then attacked the train, but after a hard fight, were driven away by Japanese guards, of whom two were killed. It is reported, without confirmation, that there
were
many casualties. Whether the train was en route to Harbin or Manchuli is not stated.-Reuter.
ATTACK
UNEMPLOYMENT |
IN AMERICA Figure Now Reaches 10,076,000
Washington, Nov. 26. Unemployment figures totalled 10,078,000 in October, according to Mr. William Green, President of the Federation of Labour.
Average
were wages
4 per cent, higher and the cost of living 5 per cent higher than in Septem- ber--Reuter.
THE BALKANS BLOC
Triple Pact Reported
TRAIN
Reports reaching Tokyo show that the derailment occurred at 9.40 p.m. between Lamatlenku and Shaokaotsu. The train involved being en route to Manchuli,
Some reports state that no Japanese passengers were hurt. while others state that nine from fifty passengers were injured when the train overturned,
The Japanese passengers includ- ed Major-General Takanami, Com- mander of the First Cavalry Brigade who was not injured. No mention is made regarding foreign passengers-Reuter,
SUNKEN TREASURE
Local Syndicate To Salve D.E.I. Wrecks
"Singapore. Cargoes of gold and tin ore said to be worth hundreds of thousands
of dollars are believed to be lying at the bottom of the sea some distance from Singapore.
FUKIEN IMBROGLIO
Wang Ching Wei in Optimistic Mood
Nanking, November 27., Tai Chi Tao, President of the Examination Yuan, to-day con- firmed the Government is sending" delegates to Hongkong to inter- view. Hu Han Min. and other political centres with a view to concerting action against Fukies. but that the choice is not yet settled.
Wang Ching Wei read to the Executive Yuan a telegram from Chiang Kai Shek saying, that de- spite the Fukien imbroglio the. anti-Communist campaign will be prosecuted in accordance with on- ginal plans.
Wang Ching Wel compared the Fukien movement with Yuan Shih ∙Kai's abortive monarchical at- tempt, and predicated the Foochow regime would be soon be crushed. -Reuter.
ARREST OF CHENG MING
SHU ORDERED ··
Nanking, November 27. The National Government has ordered the Executive Yuan of the National Military Council to effect the arrest of Chen Ming Shu, Li Chi
Shen and Eugene Chen-Reuter,
COLONIAL SERVICE.
Promotions and Transfers
Special Air Mail Service
London, Nov 8. The following promotions, trans- fers, and reappointments in the Colonial Service are announced:
Allwood, H. E, (Works Manager Nigerian Railway), Chief Mechani- cal Engineer, Sierra Leone Rail- way.
Barton, C. J. J T., O.BE., (District Officer), Senior Assistant Colonial Secretary, Kenya.
NEW FRENCH
CABINET
Formed by M. Chautemps
Paris, November 27.
M. Chautemps, the Radical 'De-
KIDNAPPERS LYNCHED
Infuriated Mob Smash
Prison
Door
puty, has succeeded, in forming a SEQUEL TO MURDER OF BROOKE
Cabinet In personnel, however. it differs very little from that of the Government which has just resigned.
All the members of the Cabinet, with the exceptions of M. Mar chandeau and M. Reynaldi held office in the last Government, M. the Herriot
Reynaldi served in Cabinet of 1924.
M. Jacques Stern, M. Lisbonne. M. Pietri and M. Abelgardy who were in the Sarraut Cabinet, lose their places
November 27,
HART
San Jose, California, The two alleged kidnappers, of Brooke Hart were dragged out of prison and lynched from a tree in St. James' Park, Despite the use of tear-gas' bombs, the police were powerless to quell the rush by the The new list of Ministers fol-Infuriated mob, the leaders of which used an improvised« batter- Chautemps, Premier
ing rain to smash the prison door. Minister of the Interior.
Both men were badly beaten, the
·M: Paul-Boncour, Minister
Sheriff being also knocked uncon- scious and sent to hospital, Foreign Affairs,
`NEW LIST OF MINISTERS
lows:
M.
and
for
M. Reynaldi, Minister of Jus- tice,
M. Bonnet. Minister of Finance, M. Daladier, Minister of War:
M. Sarrant. Minister of Marine,
M. Pierre Cot, Air Minister,
The lynching follows vigorous gitation for the enforcement of a new law making kidnapping, a capital offence.-Reuter,
M. Dalimier, Minister for the MORE HOPEFUL
Colonies.
M. Marchandeau, Minister of the Budget.
M. de Monzie, Minister of Edua-
tion,
M. Paganon, Minister of Public Works,
M. Laurent Eynac, Minister of Industry and Commerce,
M. Queuille, Minister of Agri- culture,
M. Lamouroux, Minister of Lab- our,
M. Ducos, Minister of Fensions. M. Minlter. Minister of Posts and Telegraphs,
M Israel, Minister of Public Health.
M. Frot. Minister of Mercantile Marine.
-Reuter
ま
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SILVER MARKET
Bayles, H. (Treasurer, Trini- dad), Treasurer, Tanganyika.
Brawn. A O. (Senior Master), (From Our Special Correspondent) Inspector of English Schools, Hong Kong.
Burns, A. (Assistant Conservator District of Forests), Assistant Commissioner, Sierra Leone
Cordiner, Miss E. (Senior Nur- ing Sister, Gambia), Senior Nurs ing Sister, Nigeria.
London, November 27... Following are the Silver Quota- tions on the London market to- day?
Spot Forward:
Nov. 25-27
181
..: 18.7/16 The London on New York cross rate to-day closed at £=0.8.
Crawford, R. P., L.R.C.P., LA. O.S., D.T.M. and H. (Medical Off- cer), Senior Medical Officer, Ni- 5.101. geria.
OUTLOOK
On
Disarmament
Problem
London, November 27. Visits paid by the French Am- bassador in Berlin to Herr Hitler, and by the German Ambassador in Paris to the Qual D'Orsay are "regarded as a preliminary to the exchanges of views between "the individual governments. to pre- pare ground on which the Disan. mament Conference might resume its work.
The Bureau of the Conference last week postponed the meeting of the General Commission as it appeared to "the
powers repre- sented that there was good rea
a son for providing period in which parallel and supplementary enorts might be made, and in his speech
the British on Friday Foreign-Secretary stated that in the view of the British Govern- ment these exchanges should be conducted through diplomatic channels in the form of bilateral conversations.
It is fully recognised that there are great difficulties in the way of negotiation of arrangement for provision of security and re- gulation 01 armaments which
A syndicate is being formed locally to attempt the salvage of three vessels sunk very near each other among the Dutch islands
and years ago.
operations will commence. it is hoped, as soon as the monsoon is over.
The wrecks, it is stated. were
airng formerly well known
the De Kreteer, H. K. (First Assis- RESTRICTION OF would be regarded as generally ac- local trading routes. One wastant Director of Public Works), British-owned, another Dutch. Deputy Director of Public Works, and the third Chinese.
Cundall, J. L. (Deputy Clerk), Clerk of Resident Magistrate's | WPP?E: Court, Jamaica,
Ceylon.
"One of them foundered more
Hamilton, A. T. (Master), Senion than 20 years ago. As the sea-Master, Hong Kong bottom may have shifted. Japan
cse divers are to be sent down to ascertain its position,
The leader of the salvage expe- dition, a European, who has been in Singapore for some years, stat- ed that
the
had three ships [oundered near the same spot. One record showed that an at tempt had been made to salvage one of the vessels a year or so after it went down but that rough seas had interfered.
I am not BO sure
Belgrade, Nov. 26. In furtherance of recent negotia- tions for the consolidation of the Balkans bloc, the Turkish Foreign Minister has arrived here to sign a
that we Pact of Friendship, Arbitration and shall have much luck with the Non-Aggression between Turkey Chinese vessel," he said, "for its and Yugo-Slavia.
hulk was of wood and the tin A triple pact between Yugo- Blavia, Greece and Turkey is fore slabs which I know it contained broken through and may have shadowed-Reuter,
sunk deep into the sea bottom."
ŠIAM CUSTOMS
New Director-General Appointed
Bangkok, Nov. 20, Phys Chaisurindr director- general of customs, has retired after a long period of service and is succeeded, by Phya Berok, who was director of the imports sec- tion
AMERICA'S
LIQUOR QUOTAS
Based On Years 1910 to 1914
DISCOVERER OF DYNAMITE
In Sweden on Nov. 1, they were celebrating the hundredth anni
the birth of Alfred versary of Nobel, "the man who discovered dynamite and left £1,400,000 for the foundation of the famous Nobel prizes.
of
Nobel's discovery dynamite was one of the happy accidents of science. For years he had
been
trying to find a method whereby deadly nitro-glycerine could be handled with safety.
One day he noticed that large" nitro-glycerine detort had cracked and the contents had oozed into the surrounding back-
Nyasaland), Attorney-General Ken- Harragin, W. (Attorney-General,
ya.
Jones. W. J. A. (Secretary for Native Affairs), Chief Commission- er, Northern Territories, Gold Coust
Kenahan, O. E. (Supervisor of Customs, Gambia), Collector of Customs, Nigeria.
Lender, T. D. (District Engine er), Second "Assistant Director of Public Works, Ceylon.
Lee, H. B, D.S.O., M.C., M.B B.S. (Medical Officer), Specialist, Nigeria.
Longland, F. (Deputy Provincial Commissioner), Provincial Cominis- sioner, Tanganyika.
Milne, H 0. (late Assistant Inspector of Police, Kenya), Assis-
RUBBER
Rumours Regarding Batavia Conference.
Batavia, November 27.
to well-informed
-According
circles the introduction of a quota system is probable as the outcome
of the rubber „conference as the
majornty is for an ad valorem
system.
It is unlikely the quota system will need long preparation, but the opinion in some quarters is that it will take at least six months.-Reuter.
take
ceptable, but farther conversa- tions are now expected to place and results will be awaited with much interest.-British Wire- less
..A CAUTIOUS. BUT HOPE-
FUL MOVE
move
"San Jose, Later:
Mr. Rolpha, Governor of Call- fornia, declared to-day, that the lynching is the best lesson, Call- fornia has ever given the country. We have shown the country that California is not going to tolerate Kidnapping."-Reuter,
[A message from San Jose on November 17 stated:-
It was revealed yesterday that Brooke Hart, Junior, son of a wealthy merchant, who was re-
cently kidnapped, has been mur- dered by his captors. "Two suspects have been arrest- ed, one of whom is alleged to have confessed that Hart was beaten to death, and his body thrown into San Francisco Bay.]
OLYMPIA MOTOR
CYCLE SHOW
Three H. P. Diesel Unit On View
London, November 27.
At the cycle and motor-cycle show at Olympia, which W35 opened on Saturday by Mr. Olin er Stanley, Minister of Transport and which will be contineud until December 2ad. many types of three-wheel machines are dis- played.
to
A five horse-power Diesel pow er unit, which 13 adaptable one of these models is on show.
Previously seven horse power Was the smallest Diesel unic made and this WAS principally for stationary work or for motor. boats.
the It is estimated
new unit 8 three-wheeler to will enable Cover 55 miles for a fuel cost of four pence.
Motor cycles on the show are said to be smarter, quieter and cleaner than their predecessors. the show Buyers are attending from many foreign countries.- British Wireless.
VESSEL'S MAST SNAPS OFF
One Dead, Two Hurt On French Bund:
London, November. 27. A cautious. but hopeful,
Canton.. towards a direct Franco--German Times dispatches from discussion is indicated in to-day's Killing a Chinese stevedore in Berlin its fall, the steel foremast of the the and Paris, interpreting
China Navigation Co.'s ss.. Chung- cities between M. Poncet spective conversations in both king, 1,311 tons net, snapped off and clean a few feet above the deck- Herr Hitler on the one hand, and line yesterday morning when lift- the German Ambassador and the ting a heavy boller from the wharf Quai D'Orsay on the other.
into her hold. Two other Chinese Berlin opinion takes M.stevedores were injured. Pancet's move as a sign France
tant Inspector of Schools Second LONDON STOCK classifeld that a convention may swite's head offices at about nine
Assistant Director of Education, Jamaica.
Nicoll, Major F. A. B. (Deputy Commissioner of Police), Commis sioner of Police, Tanganyika,
Oakley, P. D., M.RO.S., LR. C.P., D.T.M. (Deputy Director, Medical Service, Gold Coast), Dir- ector of Medical and Sanitary Ser- vice, Sierra Leone.
Parr, Miss M. K. (Nursing Sis- ter, Gold Coast), Senior Nursing Sister, Gambia.
MARKET
Operators Holding Aloof
London, November 27. Sterling on New Zork was quoted at 5:25, and on Paris 84." 7/18.
Popham, H. B., M.B.E.; (Com-
Idle conditions prevail on the missioner, Cyprus), Administrator,
Stock Exchange. This morning Domnica Diretor of Public Works), First more
Price, W. J. (Second Assistant operators holding aloof pending definite news concerning Assistant Director of Public Works, the French political and financial
situation.
a Cayton.
Robins, G. H. (Police Probation- er), Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ceylon.
ing The packing turned out to be the absorbent he had long been soeking.
"Dyanmite" was the name he gave to the new compound.
A HAPPY FUSION.
Selwyn-Clarke, P. S., MO, M. D.(Asistant Director), Deputy Director, Health Service, Gold Coast,
Shaw, Miss M. E. (Ne Matron, St. Vincent), Nursing Sister, Bahamas,
Smart, L. M. (Deputy Tramo Manager, Tanganyika), General New York, November 27. Over eighty members of the Manager, Gold Coast Railway, The import quota for foreign Company of Newspaper Makers Thomas, H. W. (Provincial Com- spirits and wines to be atabilsh- have joined the Livery of the missioner), Secretary for Native ed on December 5, will be on the Stationers Company, and Mr. Affairs, Gold Cones average imports from 1910 to 1914 R. D. Blumenfeld, Master of the and will continue until February Company of Newspaper Makers, 2. Beer imports will be unrestricted, who did so much to make the and special provision will be fusion possible, will join the made for post-war countries Court of the Company on his Reuter
i return home."
Thompson, A. (Assistant Mycolo- gist), Mycologist, Agricultural De- partment, Malaya
Webb, A. E. (Prezident, District Court, Palestine), Puise Judge, Kenja.
Generally. values show little change from Baturday's closing levels. British. Funds were well- maintained, German Bonds firm, Internationals steady, home indus- trials quiet, gold being quoted at
125/31d-British Wireless.
MORE UNIFORMS FOR- GERMANY.
Festive Dress Designed For
Working Population -
The boller, which weighed over. is coming round to the German's twenty tons, was being lifted by advocacy of direct diplomatic ne- the Chungking from the whari op- gotiations and hopes are simply posite
Messrs. Butterfield and
emanate dealing with security o'clock yesterday morning, and and regulation of atmamenta was to be placed in the ship's No. Paris treats the move as circum-2 hold, to be taken up to Tientsin. spectly requiring precisely defined The hold had been specially pre- conditions, but the meetings at pared to received it; that section least are regarded as a "prelude" of the hold immediately below the to direct talks and are considered hatchway being left empty, while as of fires class importance on around this had been stored bags that score-Reuter.
of flour, to prevent the boiler moving.
A RUMOUR DENIED
The heavy boiler had been listed by the crane on the foremast over the side of the ship, and was about to be lowered when, with a London, November 27
rending crash, the mast broke and Renter is officially Informed fell to the starboard side of the that there is no foundation in ship. The boiler went over the the Morning Post's report that aide in to the muddy waters of the Whangpoo, and at present les the British Government
at the bottom. Efforts will be to rent a house in Nanking for made to salvage her to-day, and the British Minister Router.
are expected to be successful
form
intends
A Chinese stevedore working on that side of the ship was killed by the mast as it fell, and two Herr Ley, the leader of
the others
were injured either by Labour Front, comprising all mapping cables or other causes workers from university profes- but bath escaping death by a sors to cobblers, to-day ordered miracle. all members to wear
a "Testal dress!! of - dark blue colour, com- posed of a double-breasted coat, long trousers, a military cap. a white shirt and collar, and
black tie and shoes.
OXFORD'S NEW
A
^ CHANCELLOR
This "dress of honour"" is to be worn by every German working
Berlin, November 19.
London, November 27. With the introduction of a dis- mar in order to label him as a The formal election of Lord.
the | fully, qualified member of the Irwin as tinctive dress for workers. whole German nation before long German people's society, Reu- yetalls ofe
Bast will be wearing some kind of uniter.
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