BAYONNE BOND FRAUDS
Madame Stavisky Involved
HAWES-CUTTING
·BILL
Recommendation For
Its Revival.
President Roosevelt has sent a special message to Congress. re- arrested commending the revival of the
Paris March 2. Stavisky's widow was
HONG KONG DAILY
LOCAL TENNIS
The Colony lawn tennis cham- plonships which were brought to a temporary standstill owing to the Annual Race Meeting and the re- cent rains, are expected to be re- sumed to-day, weather permitting.
Only one game of singles will be.. played. Captain P. S. Cannon, the holder of the Club title, opposing
Ng Kam-chuen, ›
!
PRESS. MONDAY, MARCH
HOME RUGGER
.
Navy Score Over
The Army
London, March 3,
5, 1934.
LOCAL FOOTBALL
Results Of Saturday's Games
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Kowloon FC just managed to on the H.KE.O ground, the final get full points against the Athletic score reading five to lour.
South Wales Borderors with a win over the Recreio brought their The Army advanced at Twicken-points equal to St. Joseph's in the ha by defeating the Navy, who race for the Championship.
At Caroline Hill the Royal Navy had beaten the Air Force by 30 In the Doubles' matches, H. D. points to nit, in the Inter-Services defeated the Gunners by à four to
one margin. Colony title, meet S. A. Gray and The following were the results of on Friday at the close of the cross-Hawes-Cutting Philippines Indo- and S. 4. Rumjahn, holders of the Triangular Rugly Tournament. examination because she declared pendence Bill with an ance dances C. A. Wright in the second round, the leading Bugby Union games
the United States while L. Goldman and E. C. Fin-played to-day: came of Stavisky's cheque books military and naval bases on the cher. runners-up to the Rumjahn
granting of
cousins in the last championship Adals, meet J. W. Leonard and Y. Hachiuma, who reached the quar-"
The follow- ter-finals last year. ing is to-day's programme with the probable winners in heavy type.. TO-DAY.
she was unable to say what be-
order that
formally
in
never having seen them The Ex- amining judge had meanwhile es- tablished that the widow of Stay- laky had banded these on to Roma- nine after Stavisky had fled in accomplice could the piace
the cheques Starisky
· safety. Madame
with formally charged was complicity. All Paris is trem bling with excitement because the French Government has prorised "to publish" photographic facsimiles of all cancelled Stavlaky cheques.
-Transocean Kuo Min.
A MYSTERIOUS MAN
Paris, March 3.
the Madame Arlette Stavisky, beautiful widow of the man behind the, Bayonne bönd seandal which caused the overthrow of two Ger- ernments, has been arrested fol- lowing tremendous activity on the part of the police who finally re- covered the missing counterfolis of the cheques given by her hus band.
relinquishing
Islands after Independence.
the
The Hawes-Cutting Bill, passed in Congress a year ago, automati- cally lapsed early this year, by the failure of the Philippine Govern- ment to accept it.
for independence It provides within 12 to 14 years, with the United States retaining the option of keeping certain military and naval bases on the Islands after Independence.
Concerning naval bases President Roosevelt recommended the ult. mate settlement of the master in the United terms satisfactory to States and Philippines Govern-
ment.
Open Singles.
Open Doubles. Capt. Camon v. Ng Kam Chan Iu Tak Cheuk and W. C. Hung v. Chiu Chun Chiu and Lee U. Wing. H. D. and 8 A. Rumjahn v. C. A.
Wright and S. A. GrayTM
L. Goldman and E. C. Fincher v. J. W. Leonard and Hachiuma.
He said that he did not believe that the other provision of the original law needed to be changed G. R. at present, He was confident that the imperfections and inequalities, where they exist, can be corrected, and in a proper hearing alter fairness to both peoples would be concluded satisfactorily.
"May I emphasise." the Presi- dent stated, that while we de- sire to grant complete indepen- dence at the earliest proper mo- effect this without al- ment, to
TO-MORROW.
Open Singles.
Open Doubles.. M. Ricketts v. Iu Tak Cheuk.
v. Tam Yoc Fong and Ng Kam A. L. Sullivan, and W. A. 1. Luft
Chuen.
C. E. Willard and C. Pile v. Capt. Cannon and H. Owen-Hughes. WEDNESDAY.
Open Singles.
J. W, Leonard v. Capt. Cannon or
Ng Kam Chuen.
Open Doubles
The counterfoils which gave the names of many who had received bearer cheques from Stavisky was delivered at the home of M. Bony, an Inspector of the Surete-Geh-lowing sumcient time for the ne- erale, who was recently suspended cessary political and economic ad-I. M.Razack and J. A. Cassumbhuy on undisclosed charges of corrup-Justments would be a definite in- tlon in connection with the Stavis- ky case.
I
.M.. Bony, nevertheless, continued the Investigation in an endeavour to reinstate himself.
Under seal of accrecy of his identity, a mysterious man, handed the counterfoils to M. Bony, alte. the inspector had appeared before the Disciplinary Council-Reuter,
HIGH FRENCH OFFICIALS PERTURBED
Paris, March 4 Many
persons holding high places in France are believed to be shaking,in their, shoes to-day with apprehension over the pub lication of the names in recently counterfoils of the recovered cheques belonging to Stavisky..
There were 1:200 counterfalls to the value of about £2.500.000 Reuter.
THE FASTEST AIRLINER
Passed Official Trials
London, Margh 24. The world's fastest four-engined airliner has just passed its official Air Ministry flyingtriais. The machine which is a biplane and which has a top speed of over 170 miles an hour has been built by
justice to the people of the Is- "lands, and little short of a denial
of independence itself."
"To change at this
.time, the economic provisions of the previ ous law would reflect discredit
ourselves," the message conc.
on
tinued.
v.. Luk Ding Cheong and W. T. Lee:
THURSDAY.
Open Singles, · Tsui Wai Pui v. Lt. R. R. G. Hoare
(Stand Court).
Open Doubles.
A. "Barretto and A. B. Remedios v. Millard and Pile Hughes and Cannon.
FRIDAY.
Royal Navy 8, The Army 16. Bath 0. Bristol 12
Bedford 13, Northampton 11. Birkenhead Park 0, Headingley 28, Coventry 14, Old Merchant Tay-
1сть 3.
Gloucester 10, Swansea 3. Leicester 13, Harlequins 0, "Oxford University O, Blackheath &, Lendon Scottish 3. Richmond 5. London Welsh 3, Penarth 0. St. Barts Hosp. 3, Moseley 3. Newport 3, Cardiff 0. Edinburgh Wanderers 12. Herio-
tonians 90," Glasgow High School 11, Glasgow
Academicals 3-Reuter.
"
Bing Crosby, Jack Dakle, Judith Allen. Skeets Gal Lagher and Harry Green in "TOO MUCH HARMONY" coming on Thursday at the King's Theatre.
YACHTING
In Division III, South Chisa lost two valuable points against the R.A.S.C. and are now only one point ahead of the Borderers.
Recreio topped the scoring list getting nine goals against the Uni-
tho versity ou Chatham Road ground.
RESULTS AT 'A` G'ANCE. Division L
R.A. R. Navy...... S.W. Borderers 4 Club de Rec. S Kowloon F.C....A Athletic
Division III ..
Club de Rec. ...9 S.W. Borderers..3 B.A.S.C........ 3 R.E................
University...0 ......0 Radio South China. 1 R.A.M.C.... 1
R. Navy v. R.A."" At Caroline Hill, the Navy had the better of the exchanges with the RA. and ran out winners by four goals to an
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and just before the interval, Elliott gave the visitors & four goal lead.
Within five minutes of resuming, the Athletic netted twleo. Au Ping Ming and Au King Fung boating Lord with well placed shots.
Kowloon then got going and East- man went through to beat Li Wing by five goals to two. Further goals Sang. Kowloon were then leading for the Athletic were scored by Au Kun Fung and Tam Kwong Sum.
Athletic-Li Wig Sam: Lo Hon Cheong, Tang Kyong Wing: Young Chee Cheong, Hour Choi Yin, Ip Pang Fai; Tang Kwong Sum, Au Kim Fung, Au Ping Ming, Ho K Keung and Tang King Im.
Kowloon:Cord; Erarest, Willis; Davies, Bliss, Tillery, Eastman, G. White, Elliott, V, White and Blake.
S.W. Borderers v. Recreio.
4,2
YESTERDAY'S GAMES
At Caroline Hill, South China yesterday improved their position in the league and are now second in the table, the Lincolus being at the top having played uno more.
Scoring after about eight minutes play, South China went on to defont St. Joseph's by three clear goals
St. Joseph's had the better of the game, but lack of control close in and wild shooting provented them from opening the score. Pau Ka- ping opencil the scoring and in the a shot from close range to give second half, the same player get in South Ching their second" goal,
Before the final whistle sounded Young Shui Yick beat Marques with fast low shot, South China winning by three goals to nii.
South China;--Wong Wing; Leo In Chan, Loung Wing Chui, Lee Kwok Wai; Young Shui Xinh, Tay Quee Lon, Pat Ka Ping, Tam Kong Pak and Ng Po Kui.
St. Joseph's R. Marques: SouIA, A. V. Gosano; V. Marques, Beltrao, Elms; B. Gosano, Ward, D. Jeon ard, Rocha and Babhan
Lincoln Rert. v East Lancashires.
At Sookanpoo, the Lincolns de feated, the East Lancashires in their return league match by four goals
to nil
At Suokumpoo, the Borderers defeated Recreio by four goals to two. The visitors played a snappy game and the goals scored by them came as a surprise to the military team. Searle accepting a pass from Duncan went in to beat Marques
Malpas opened the moro, shoot- and open the scor for the Borderers
pass by A shot from Hazlewood was stoppeding into the net from a
Hocquard Baldry sent in a hard by Marques and Jones following hot which Farmsworth stopped, shot into the not from the rebound of the goalkeeper. Fortey increased "with" a fine solo effort,
Delgado got through before the in- terval and beat Smith with a fast low shot.
The Navy were able to field & strong side owing to the return of the ships to port and they took the lead whet Roberta beat Durham. was increased when Durham mistimed a shot from Skinner and the ball entered the net.
This
The Gunners were weak in front of goal, and were two down at the
interval.
The Navy opened the second half with a raid on the Gunners goal and Potts turned in from a pass by Skinner to put the Navy three
ap.
The Gunners rallied, and Boyne failing to dear a shot from Hopkins, the Gunners centre-forward dashed up and netted to score the only goal for the Gunners.
Before the final whistle sounded,
or Owen Dorothea Beat RollaTong cored the Navy's fourth goal.
Ping Far
President Roosevelt added, "our nation covets no territory and Tsul Yun Ful and Tsot desires to hold no people over
v. Ju Tak Lam and Lan Mah whom it
gained Savereignty
Ching. through war against their will."
The Bill will be" Immediately Introduced to the House of Re- presentatives Committee and the hearings will start on Monday.- Reuter.
QUEZON SATISFIED
New York. March 3. Senor Manuer Quezon, head of the Philippine Independence Com- mission, has expressed complete satisfaction with President Roose- to Con- velt's recommendations gress concerning the Hawes Cut- ting Bull-Reuter.
REGULATION OF IMPORTS BILL
"Reference To Hong Kong Goods
Paris, March 3. The House of Commons' yester- day debated on a private member's
De Havilland Company for Imper-Bill for the regulation of imports,
ial Airways and Qantas Empire which is intended to empower the Airways, and will be offered in their tenders for the extension of Government to exclude goods pro- Empire. Airmail from Singapore to duced by sweated or forced labour. Port Darwin and thence to termin-
al at Cootamundra.
La-
Dr. Hubert Williams, the our member for Lianelly, called
attention to the dangerous com- Its 200 horsepower engines are arranged two on each side of the petition in manufactured goods body in which there is accommod- from tropical countries, particu- ation for ten passengers. The en-larly imports of rubber footwear and Hong Kong dosed control cabin in the extreme from Malaya nose of the aircraft is equipped which had largely increased.
He added that India was now with a powerful wireless sending
and receiving Installation. It is one of Britain's most important capable of flying on any two of its suppliers of pig iron, and he urged four engines and with full engine protection against this sort of power it can attain a height of competition, nearly four miles climbing to 1,200 feet within one minute of leaving ground.-British Wireless.
LAST "HIGHFLYERS”
TO BE SCRAPPED
London, March 2.
Open Singles.
In the fourth Corinthian race of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, Dorother Mr. N. F. Phillips) won the t Class event, beating Rolla
W. A. H. Duff v. Ricketts or fu Tak (Mr. R. Stock) by 3 min. 26, secs.
Cheuk (Stand. Court).
Open Doubles. Goldman and Fincher or Leonard and Hachiuma v. Iu and Hung or Chiu and. Lee.
Ho Ka Lau. and Tsul Wal Pul v Barretto and Remedios or. Mi- lard and Pile or Cannon Owen Hughes.
The Conservative member for £3 S. E. Essex,, Mr. H. V. A. M. Raikes, quoted a recent British order for 100,000 pairs of shoes from the Bata shoe. factory in India.
He declared that 600,000 pairs of rubber shoes were now in ship- ment from Hong Kong D
Several other Conservative mem- bars and opposition members sup- ported the Bill.
R. Nary-Bayne; James, Court- ney: Chamberlain. Thomas, Keford Roberts, Tong. Hague, Potts. and Skinner.
RA-Durham; Clancy, Rowe;
Pardoc, Worthington,
Martin Bermingham, Snooks,
Hopkins, Knight and Seat.
Atbietle v. Kowloon F.C. aver 7.4 miles.
On the Hong Kong F.C. ground. Lola Lt. Parker) won the "G"
event from Joan (Mr. Kowloon defeated the Athletic by Class
Sirius (Mr. H. M. five goals to one, the Athletic being Cope)" and Fir.lay),
unlucky in not securing one point.
:Opening exchanges were even, and after fifteen minutes play Kowloon took the lead through Elliott,
"H"Class-Started at 14.55 Yacht Finished Corr,Ps
6.08.38 and Dorothea
6.03.42 1 (Mr. N. F.. Phillips) Rolla.....
6.12.08
Marlene Dietrich as the inno- cent young heroine of Para- mount's "The Song of Songs," searching for her ideal love. The picture, showing to-day at the King's Theatre, is based on the world-famous novel by Her- tho. mann Sudermann and
play by Edward Sheldon.
HEALTH BULLETIN OF EASTERN PORTS
The Parlamentary Secretary for Overseas Trade, Lt.-Col D. J. govern- The Last survivor of forty loco-Colville,, expressed the motives of the type popularly ment's sympathy and emphasised known as high flyers is to be the administrative, dimculties, as a sorapped after a career of thirty wholesale diminution of the most years in the service of former Lan-favoured nation agreement would cashire and Yorkshire Radway greatly disturb trade and lead to
The hogh flyers established a re- increased unemployment.
Bassein The Bill was talked out.-Reuter. markable reputation as one of the fastest types of engine to run on when intro- British metals and duced in 1899, one of them is re- puted, on a test run between Liver- pool and Southport, to have at tained a speed of 100 miles per hour
JAPANESE MINISTER
...RESIGNS
Following Charges of Graft Tokyo, March 3 The Minister of Education, Mr. Hatoyama has resigned follow ing recent charges of graft.
The growth in locomotive power duting the "intervening 35 years is illustrated by the fact that the. full weight of these engines in working order was 89 tons com- pared with 158 tons of the latest
The Premier la being installed as London-Midland-Scottfah
Princess Royal," British Wireless his successor this evening-Reuter.
type
Bombay Colombo Prom-Penh
Calcutta Bangkok
Alexandria Beirut Bassein
Bombay
Calcutta
Cochin Karachi
Plague
Cases Deaths
3
Cholera
Small-Pox
(Mr. R. Stock) Ariel
.......... 6.23.20 (Mr. E. G. Lee)
Diana....... 6.25.59
(Mr. S. S. Key)
Siskin...
6.12,08 2
6.18.24 3
6.23.55 4
Fouled Mark Boat at
Fluish
(Mr. A. Wood)
Colleen... DNF.
Class Started at 14.35
(Comdr. Drummond)
"G
Lota
·6.29.11 6.29.11
1
Lt. Parker) ***
Joan
6.03.51 6.30.14 2
Mr. F. Cape)
Sirius
6.32.06 6.30.52 3
(Mr. H. M. Finlay ---
Toynette DNF.
(Capt. Fennell)
"A" Class Started at 14.20 Carpenter (Mr. A. H. Chambers) Artemis (Mr, C. C. Blake), Jan (Mr. 5. Berg), Isobel (Dr. Davis), Gull (Mr. B. Naess), Cicada (Mr. Atkin- son), True Blue (Capt. Hutton), Pat (Comdr. Elllott), Oslo... and Wasp II, did not finish within the time limit.ig
"T" & "Y" Classes-Started at 1430 Daphne (Lt. Jumper), Allsa. (Lt. Douglas), Stella (Pay-Lt. Jackson). Robena (Capt. H. Marshall), Speed- well (COL Bilderbeck), Zephyr (Mir Greiller), Wings, and Blue Jacket did not finish within the epecified time.
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YESTERDAY'S YACHTING. -Resall of second cruiser cham- pionship yesterday resulted as fol- low:-
Finished Azuma (Mr. H. J. Pearse) 17.37.00 Brenda (Mr. S. Odland)... 18.12.20 La Cigale (Mr. N. V. Crou-
cher). Norseman (Mr. G. H
18.30.52
Gandy) 17.53.12 Queen Bee (Mir. A... Jebb) 17.64.38 U. & I. (Mr, H. 6. Rouse)... 16:45.48 Typhoon (Capt. C. C.
Fowkes) 17.49.51 Monsoon (Mr. H. D. Dalley) 17.37.05 Sealark (Mr. E. Cock)... 17.52.45 Cherub (Mr. V. Goulborn) 17.32.00 Catty (Mr. F. C,.Manning) 17.18.53- Penguin (Capt. Henderson) 1737.05 Tavy IL (Cdr. Cowland)... 18.15.45
Madras Rangoon
Vizagapatam Haiphong.....
· Tourans-
Macao
Hong Kong Canton
Shanghaliezeste
Bagi Typhus. Alexandria
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis
Hong Kong
FRANTI
Kowloon added to their score with two penalties converted by G. White
||
while
but before he could recover, Malpas dashed up and sent the ball into the net to put the Lincolns two up before the interval.
Baldry increased the lead shortly Early in the second half. Searle after play resumed and a late goal scored the Borderers fourth goal, by Ridley brought the total to four Lincoln Ilegt-Higgins: Steana, With a load of four goals to one, Edmunaon; Turner, Dudley, Rub the Borderers eased off and play son; Baldry. MoGuinness. Malpas. and Delgado, mapping up a pass, Ridley and Lt. Hocquard. East went through and gave Smith Lancashire Regt; Harmsworth; Walkden, Gorman; Rothwell, Rich" ardson, Carroll: Lt. "Salmon, Thompson, Smith, Woods and Tuley.
chance with a fast cross shot.
Mul.
S... Borderers:-Smith; lane, Morrison; Davis, Podmore Jones; Mathias, Searle, Fortey, Hazlewood and Dunean.
Recreio:-Marques; Bowen. Silva- Netto: Maher, Figueiredo, Gonsal- ves; Delgado, T. Castilho, L. Castilho, Gomes, Pereira,
League Tables
DIVISION I.
Goals,
Pt
W D L A
1 I 38 17,23 0 2 49 17 23
Lincoln Ragt.......15 11 S. W. Borderers...13 11 St. Joseph's 13 10 South
Chine
10 14 R. Navy....*
18 9. Kowloon F. C. 15 5 Hosg Kong F. C. Athletic B. A
13 34 13 21 22 4223 20 7 9 29 28 11 7 81 49 11
S. W. Borderers...18
R.A.S.C.. Recreio
.B. A.M.C.
Badio.....
BE
F.
10
1
7
3 r
18
7
4 20 22
5 17
4 8 29
12 3 8 8
14
4 8
2 13
.26 3 )
University. .14
FIXTURES FOR NEXT
SATURDAY. ..
The Division I fixtures postponed
21 80 15 29 on December 30, last, will be played next Saturday. At the request of the Royal Navy. the final match in the Lai Wah Cup was played on 30th December and the Council approved that the Division I fixtures for that day be postponed until the date in the fixture list for, the Lat Wah Cup faa!.
0 10 21 36 8
10
15 114
1.8 1723
7
.....15
8 1
19 14 81
0 14 16 60
2
H. K. Police,19 East Lanca.....13 Rocreio
IN
DIVISION. H...
0 0 77 7 80
Lincoln Regt.......18 18 South China.16 10 3.4 30 23 22
Division III.
Radio v. R.A.F. University
V.
R:A.S.C. S.W. Borderers v. R.E.
-
win or lose there's always a Capstan
CAPSTAN
COOLER - SWEETER - BETTER
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