PEIPING HANKOW
RAILWAY
Plan For Loan Shelved
Nanking. Bept. §.
are
frequent during the present year. In addition to the Singapore as-
Not many of our readers perhaps sembly n January, when the Ad- are aware that Hong Kong near- mirals from the China, East Indies, ly ran of her ice supply some 73 Australia, and New Zealand Sta- years ago but the fact is recalled. tions conferred, there have been in our Echoes of 1881" which is Page 6 the cruise of a contingent of the pubished on Home Fleet to the West Indies,
Police Reserve Orders for the cur- the visit of the China flagship to Australia, and more recently that rent week, issued by the Hon, the of the East Indies flagship to Inspector General of Police,
Page ? Durban, where the Africs Squa- given on dron was mer and consultations
Kheng Dong is one of the thir- held in which the South African
teen original districts of Hainan. Buthorities were interested.
and our own correspondent, in a LOWER DECK PROMOTIONS
very chatty letter, describes the The results announced in The Improvements made in this dis- Times" on Wednesday of the final trict in recent years. Page 11 examination at the R. N. College. Greenwich, on the conclusion of the educational course for acting sub-lieutenants are of special in- terest, as this is the first time that lower deck entries have taken the same rourse and examination as those from Dartmouth and the public schools. The results do the
The plan for raising, a. $30,000,000 lower deck candidates great credit. loan for the improvement of the... Cornish-Bow- One is placed in class 1, and the Peiping-Hankow Rallway, especial-« den, to Resource. August
other five in class 2; there arely the repair of the Yellow River Bub.-Lt-J.; W. T. Milton and mone in class 3. The totals in bridge, for the time being has
declared, the W. N. R. Knox, to Medway: K. J. the respective classes were 18.20, been abandoned. Harper, to L.53; G. V. Prowse, to and 23.. Acting Sub-Lieutenant A. Minister of Railways, Mr. Ku Meng A. Smith-Shand, to P. J Hemsley came second in or-Ya, who returned from Peiping Rover; J. Clyde; and J. G. A. McL, Nares, der of merit out of the 61 officers this morning-Reuter. to Macay, August 11; D. A. G. Mac examined. He was promoted from worth, to L. 27, August 12; R. P. the grade of acting petty officer Raikes, to Clyde September 8; D. on September 1 last. Mr. Hemsley A. B. Abdy to Pandora; and J. F. entered the Navy as a boy in HM.
Bian, August 13, R. Crews, to Osiris, undated.
8. St. Vincent in December, 1928!
Enrolment of students for the AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT vocational classes of the North- In the re-equipment of
'West Agricultural and Afforests- which has just taken place fur-tion College has been completed. ther Flycatcher machines of No.in Nanking and Blan, A special Fleet Orders announce that the 403 Flight have been replaced by class will be reserved for students The report said that the Provin- By this time the Brigade had Lords of the Admiralty, with the Ospreys, the fleet fighter recon- from the three provinces of cial Kuomintang is training execu- been summoned, and four engines tives for the labour unions and from the two fire stations in Pen-approval of the King, have decid- naissance version of the Hawker Kansu, Ninghsia, and Chingha!TM“
of medals and decorations are plles aircraft for the 5th Cruiser given in a message received by the boy scout units. In addition, the ang. dashed to the scene of the /ed that for the future miniatures Hart. No. 403′ Flight, which sup-enter this special class must re-
deans are trained by the Provin- Superintendent A... J. Brown. principles
"enlightening" are under the charge of Acting to be worn on a bar on the left | Squadron: on the China Station,gister with the College authorities
läpel of ball dress and mess dress, is the last regular unit to retain Kansu cial Kuomintang and assigned to
But there was little that could extending over the lapel towards machines of the Flycatcher type. all schools for work.
be done. The fire was raging with the shoulder if necessary. They which are are, now obsolete. The Kuo Min. This is the influence of the Kuo- great ferocity in the smoke houses are not to extend beyond the last cruiser on the station to re- mintang exerted" on public bodies where the contents were quickly lapel on the inner side. Ribbons t.sin the Flycatcher is HMS. and schools. The report added
liquifled. The flames in the mean- of miniatures are similary to be Cumberland, which is due to re- that representatves were sent to time rose into the air in vivid worn on the lapel of mess undress turn home before the end of the all counties to recruit more mem- tongues reaching a height of two jackets.
hundred feet and lighting country around with a brilliant glow.
the people in China urgently need nowadays are em- cient and honest government, im- leaders of the right wing Conservival of trade
provement of rural conditions, re-
that flames were first noticed. and industry. In- vatives have seldom failed to evoke crease of production, and aboll-
They raised the alarm, but as enthusiasm for extreme Torylam. tion of oppressive taxes. There is
Canton, Sept. 3. the smoke bouse was unoccupied Contrary to 'expectations, thenothing in the agenda of the Con- An offical report of the Kwang-it was impossible to deal with the changes in the personnel of the gress as indicate by Nanking to tung Provincia! Kuomintang de-names at once. With a strong Government have been, up to the show that the welfare of the peo-clared to-day that 6.000 applic breeze blowing seawards at the present, less drastic than was at ple will be included in the dis-ants for Kuomintang membership, time, the whole buliding was soon first thought. One able Cabinet cussion."
who were registered here, were enveloped and spread to the ad- Minister has been given a non- Although Mr. Hsiao said he is turned down as unqualified by the joining smoke house on the left.
Rubber which was stacked political appointment and a pro- speaking on behalf of himself, he Central Party Headquarters at nising young Conservative, M. felt confident that such views al-Nanking, which approved only 400.
As the candidates are found to large quantities around the smoke Oliver Stanley, has taken his place so represent the opinion of
have fulfilled all requirements, the houses, also caught are and it was and all the consequent promotions overseas Chinese.
report said that membership cer- a "matter of minutes before the in the junior ranks of the Ministry
tlicates were issued by the Kuo-houses opposite were also flames. have been, with a lone exception.
mintang South-west Executive
Four Engines Called Conservative. When Mr. Ramsay
Committee in Canton. MacDonald went ол a three months' holiday, it was the Con-
servative leader, Mr. Stanley Bald- win, who acted as Prime Minister.
In essence the Government is a Conservative one though it cannot be called Tory. It has to placate Tory elements among its supporters but it is by no means Tory a heart. Its stability, to A STEAL extent, rests on the quiet influence of Mr. Stanley Baldwin, and there
TYPHOON WARNING
I.
Warnings of two typhoons are
US. Consulate in Hong Kong from the Manila Observatory.
Manila, Sept. 3, 3.30 p.m. Typhoon in about 120 degrees Long. E. and 16 degrees Lat. N. moving W.N.W.
Typhoon in about 110 degrees is much confidence in him because Long. E. and 16 degrees Lat. N.
"he is universally looked upon as a man who will never hesitate to sacrifice his personal interests for the pubile good. Not clever him-
self at initiating new policies, he belleves in giving a free band to those among his colleagues who
moving WN.W.
ROTARY TALK
Rotarian E. C. F. Bellamy will are more gifted thak way. The address the Rotary Club on "Lon- result has not always been fortun- don Passenger ‹ Transport—AD EX-
bers
and
MR. LIN SEN RETURNS TO CAPITAL
کرکے
in
Payr: Mids.-P. 'W. B. Clarke, to Defiance, August 15; and A. J. Pack, to Carlisle, on recommg,
OFFICERS' MEDALS
The regulation also applies the
to miniatures and ribbons worn with white mess dress and white mess undress.
The names, fanned by a steady wthd lapped hungrily at the three attap houses on the right and one on the left of the moke houses after gutting the house opposite," and soon these buildings too were a raging interno, died T
units
financial year for repairs at Chatham Dockyard.
Rear-
TO STUDY AGRICULTURE
(Kokonor). Students wishing to
at Lanchow, provincial capital of
RICE EXPORTS
Changsha, August 18:
In view of the drought situa- tion in Hunan. the Hunan Pro- vincial Government, in a circular BATTLE CRUISER COMMAND
order to the various local Rear-Admiral 8. R. Balley, C.B. authorities, instructs that a ban CBE, D.SO., who was relieved on be placed immediately on the ex- SENIOR OFFICERS TRAINING
July 2 by Rear-Admiral C. E. Ken-portation of rice from Hunan. The Senior Officers Technical nedy-Furvis as Assistant Chief of Except with the approval of the Course at Portsmouth will resume the Naval Staff, will hoist bis fing Provincial Government, the order Its work to-day with a new class, at Portsmouth to-day as:
states, no rice or gralá. may be exported which will attend until October Admiral Commanding the Battle
from the province. 12. The students will include Cruiser Squadron in succession to Those who violate this order will Rear-Admiral A. L. Snagge, C. B., Vice-Admiral W. M. James C.B.. be punished in arcorance with is impossible, int present, to who was relieved in May as Direc-who has held this command for
military law. estimate the extent of the damage. tor of Personal Services by Rear the normal two years.
Kuo Min The owners of the smoke houses Admiral J. F. Somerville, D.S.O. Rear Admiral Bailey's stamin are unable to say at present how Among the other students will the Hoop will include as Flag, much rubber was stored on the be Captains C. M. Blackman. DS, L'eutenant, Lieutenant C. F. W. should be allowed to try it out. PRINCE AND PRESIDENTS Premises at the time, but judging O., from the command of the stoop, St. Quintin, who returned in the Upon their efforts during the next
ate in the sphere of foreign policy.periment in Socialism," at to but in the economic sphere which | day's tiffin. ⠀ counts for so much to-day, thrée
men have been enabled to get toi
gether and work toward a common
end by means of tarifs, trade cordance with a scheme; and the
agreements and agricultural mar- keting schemes-Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Runciman and Mr. Walter Elilot.
public is disposed to feel that they
year or two, unless some new crisis arises, will to a large extent; de- pend the prestige of the Govern
Nanking, Sept. 3. Mr. Lin Ben. Chairman of the National · Government, returned this morning aboard the gunbost Chongshan after about months' holiday in. Kuling, Reuter.
two
Worst Fire For Years-
FOOD CONTROL
Hangchow, August 18.
from the quantity that was saved | Folkstone in China; W. 8. Chalm- spring from two years in charge In the rear, there could not have ers, DB.C., late of the staff of the of the wireless station at Matára The Cheklang Provincial GoT- Nanking, August 18,
been anything less than 1,000 War College: V. A. C. Crutchler, Ceylon Lieutenant Et. Quintin erriment at its meeting yesterday Prince Mn-Chu-Tse-Huang-To-picula.
V.C DBC, who gained his V.C. went to sea in 1922 as midshipman decided to create two new Provincial These three have been winning
Chi, of the To-Erh-Hu-Te tribe,
at. Zeebrugge and has recently of the Benbow and took five "first" Bureaux-namely, a respect for the Government, not ment at the general election. in Sinklang, arrived here from
been attending the War College at in passing for Beutenant in 1928, Food Control Bureau, and a Pro- necessarily because their policy is Meantime, there is no other Peiping yesterday:
Never, in recent times was so Greenwich: Bir Atwell Lake, O.B.E, as well as gaining the Robert Rox- Vincial Commercial Bureau. Both approved of, bus because they know group of men in the country who In an interview, he said that much property and so many from the Army Senior Officers burgh prize. He was appointed Bureaux will be inaugurated their own funds. The ery, through. inspire conndence in their power he paid à visit to Tibet in 1932 hores destroyed in a are in Pen-School, Sheerness; and Co specialize in signals in Decem- September
through-Inspire After a year's sojourn there, he in-s, to Tseng Yang-fu and a national plan." They at least sent Administration does not act proceeded to India in December from babies in arms to grown-ups, promotion last December has been cruiser Carlisle in China. He is Yang Chin-chung will be appoint-
to have been
rendered homeless, attending courses.
an interpreter im French, have a plan, and they are, slowly, as quickly as its critics would like last. From India he came
wdered Dir ctor and Deputy Director Pelping last month. perhaps, but consistently, working it to do; it does not embrace |
In all cases. nothing was saved, He has come here to see Pre- and as they are the poorest of the in accordance with it. It is a plan imaginative schemes of reconstruesidents, Lin Sen and Wang Ching-poor, who have the greatest dim-
COMMAND OF THE WISHABT The Secretary to Rear-Admiral of the Food Control Bureau; and Commander G. D. Belben, Da Bailey will be Paymaster Comman Messrs. Chur Hul-ching and Lin
Director
the Commercial I which suffers from overe mplicà enthusiasm! But It seems safe. ginklang. Before returning to door, their plight can readily be of the destroyer Wishart, in the served him in a similar capacity Bureau.
which offends the Free Traders, tion; it does not evoke the least wet regarding the situation inculty to keep the wolf from the C., AM has assumed command der F. R. J. Mack, OBE., who Jul-kung, Director and Deputy
understood,
Luo Min
tion, and involves a host of tire. And in these days of excitable the North, he will also pay a
8th Flotilla, China Station, in at the Admiralty some restrictions, some of which cries, sensational panaceas, and visit to Klangel for an interview wi
successión to Commander, Percy OLERE omcers Joining the Hood defeat their own ends. But it is violence abroad, the Brition public, with General Chiang Kai-Shek. The rubber, it is understood, is Toad, who has had two years on to-day include Engineer Captalo at mast a deliberately thought-out so long as the situation continues President of the Military Affairs frisured, and the. ner of the the station in command of this 0; J. Gray, D.8.0, for the techni-be squadron navigator” atid- stán whole, an attempt to deal with the to improve, is inclined to plump Commission
a well ship and the Wild Swan Com-cal and administrative.
andomcer (operations) in succession. modern economic problem in se for safe; if stolid leadership.
mander Belben has been attending. Commander AC Allen, who will to Commander E. V. Lees,
11h 12 Mr. On boon
known, Penang-merchant,