BIRTH
SUTTER-On August 31, 1934, at the Country Hospital, Shang- hal, to Kolsom (nee Gulama- 1, wife of H. J. Buyer. & daughter.
MARRIAGE
COOK-COCKS-On August 30, 1934 at HB.M. Consulate- General, before Mr. A D. Blackburn, Alice, eldest daughter of the late Mr. J. Cock and Mrs, Cock, of Bhang- hal to George Henry, eldest of the late Mr. W. A. Cook, and Mrs. Cook, of Hull, Yorkshire,
Son
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LARGE.-On Friday, August 31.
LOCUST PEST
RESEARCH
Conference In London
London, Sept. 4. The third International Locust Conference will meet on Septem- ber 11. Invitations have been is sued to the Governments of locust infested countries in Africa and Western Asia, and leading experta on the question of locust research
1934, at the Shanghal General and control will be present to dis-
Hospital, Annie Jane, aged 59 years the beloved wife of Frederick Large and mother of Marjorie and Clifford. MEYER. On August 30, 1934, at Elsinore, "Denmark. Kirsten Meyer, dearly-beloved wife of Vilhelm. Meyer.
cuss the steps to be taken to reach a solution of the problem.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1934.
LAWN BOWES JAPAN REPLIES TO THE
NAVAL OFFICER
KILLED
Fatal Fall In Mirs Bay
INTERPORT
Shanghai Defeats Hong Kong
LIEUT. A. 'R. H. WALKER
A shocking tragedy occurred in Mirs Bay on Tuesday afternoon. when Lieut. A. R. H. Walker, a young Naval officer of HMS. Whitshed slipped while rock- climbing and was hurtled to death
down a series of cascades.
was
Lieut. Walker was the only son of Rear-Admiral A. H. Walker. The British Government repre-0.8.E, R.N., (Retired), who sentatives will include Sir Guy formerly
Commodore in Hong Marshal, Director of the Imperial | Kong. Institute of Entomology.
It appears that H.MS. Whitshed Devastations caused by locusts was on anti-piracy "patrol at the in Africa and Western Asta dur-time and Lieut. Walker and
party of some twenty-five ofcers and men went ashore about 4.30 p.m. in Tso Kung Bay, near Mirs Point. for a bathe.
MAIN.On August 30, 1934, Bux-ing the last few years were so ton, after £ short illness, great that the necessity of deal- David Duncan Man of Edin- ing with the locust problem in a burgh, late of C. M. Hospital, comprehensive way became ob- Honchow.
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GENERAL SERVICE
vious.
The Committee on Locust Con- trol of the Economic Advisory Courell, appointed in 1929 by the Prime Minister to study the conclusion that its solution could cust problem, soon came to the
ot be approached if a strict ter- ritorial basis was preserved.
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Co-operation Necessary Owing to the distribution of low custs over the territories of many different countries, no organisa- tion could hope to elucidate the migrations of locusts unless it se- cured the cooperation of the
countries concerned.
Extensive investigations are now in progress in a number of count ries, both British and foreign, and the results so far obtained give definite grounds for hoping that the locust problem will ultimately
The Volunteer Recruiting Cam-solved.
palgh is now on again. We have had so many of these campaigns. and the results have always been the same, that we have long since
is effected by means of Interna- Co-ordination of investigations
tional Locust Conferences, the first one of which was held in Rome in 1931 and the second in Paris
PIANOFORTE RECITAL
lost faith in them. These cam-"in 1932- paigns started together with the British Wireless. Corps and it would be no exaggera- tion to say that they have never been allowed to relax. yet what have we to show for them-to-day? We have no doubt that the men belonging to the Corps are keen and that they are an efficient body, but so far as numbers are concern. ed, only one laference may be "drawn and that is, the many thousands of men who are at to serve in the Volunteers have made it a point to turn a deaf ear to all the appeals. It would be seen. therefore, that appeals such as we Friday at 9.15 p.m.
By Mr. Harold Scott At The
Helena May
at
Shanghai, Sept. 3.
*The Lawn Bowls Interport match with Hong Kong was re- sumer this afternoon from the 12th head where it was left off yesterday with the scores 'standing at 10-10, and resulted in a win for Shanghal by 22 shots to 15.
SOVIET
'
Reasons Given For Railway Arrests
Tokyo, September 4. Replying to M. Yurene's re- presentations of August 22 in re- gard to detention of Soviet em- ployees of the Chinese Eastern Rallway, Mr. Hirota.
Japanese Despite yesterday's heavy rain, Foreign Minister, says that the the green was fast and took good arrests were effected by the so- woods from Coates and Basa, but called Manchukuo as a result of a heavy one from Harvey shifted plots to overturn military trains. the jack, Shanghai scoring two issued directions to the bandits rallway employees had in the first head after the resump and supplied them with explo- iton.
Hong Kong retaliated with one In the 12th and three in the 14th," Basa, Beer and Omar laying the counters.
Shanghai again went ahead by scoring one in the 15th and two in the 18th but Hong Kong tied 15 all at the 17th head."
Some
sives.
Mr. Hirota points out that the
when attacking brigands
the trains did not even attempt
to
loot the "cars," a fact which goes to show that the outrages cannot be regarded in the same light as the acts of ordinary bandits.
suspension of CER. negotiations -Reuter.
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FOREIGN ANXIETY
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London, Sept. 5. If two Western nations began to register hatred with such fer- your, and publicity, the peace of Europe would be exposed to obvious
and imminent danger says the "Times" in a leading discords. article on the Russo-Japanese
NEWS SUMMARY
An armed robbery at No. 19. Chun Yuen Street on July 7 had Its
sequel yesterday when a Bhanghainese was charged with having robbed, with others not in custody, the occupants of that house of over $200 in money, and valuables