A fatal accident to a Javanese Chinese, Mr. T. B. Qel, of inde- pendent means,
of the managing director of the China South Sea Line, occurred on Tues- day night, when he fell over an embankment on to a concrete ten- nis court at Pokfulum Road. The man fractured his, skull and, died almost instantly
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A test case, the ruling of which may have an important effect on the preserved ginger business in the Colony, came before Mr. Justice J. J. Hayden at the Summary Court yesterday when an action, claim- ing $835.86 as damages for breach of contract, was brought by the South China Manufacturing and Exporting Company against Wing Loong firm and Ma Yuen- the raising ofning, the managing partner there-
ot.
Austria is always with us. always full of trouble, arid there is one thing the people at this country have made up their minds definitely
about.
It seems that it was not all to- Whatever Government Is In
*The Commissioner also drew at-gether irony, when the Italian pa- power, they will never go to
tention to three regrettable resultsį pers stated that war again for an Austrian:
of the disorders-the Increased sanctions compelled Italy to build quarrel. I am just telling you
cost in which they involved the UD an entirely closed national "what my conviction is about.
Palestine Government and its effect economic system, a process which the feeling of the country and
CANADA ALSO SUFFERS
on taxation, disturbance of normal
is now irreversible, even if Italy there is not one of you can
trade which caused hardship desired it-for instance, the vast deny it
London July 7. The drought is causing consider-
especially to the poorer villagers sums cast into the building of Mr. Baldwin himself did not be Mossts. Wang Ching-wei, Taiable damage to spring wheat in the and interference with the ordinary who could not sell their produce. deny it.
in Europe.-- On the contrary, he seiz Chi-tao and Chow Lu who are all United States and Canada.
medical attention given to the In America the states of Wyon-poorer population as instanced by ing. Montana and the Dakotas are the fact that the ophthalmic hos- the chief sufferers, while in Capital which normally treats 400 nads the vast prairie wheat belt, patients daily now treats only 100. throughout. Alberta, Saskatchewan-British Wireless. and Manitoba, has been hit
PARTICULARS AND CON- DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 13th day of July, 1936 at 3 p.m., at the Office of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Island Read in the Colony of Hong Kong lor a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown declaration Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one farther term of 75 years.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis posal of the lot the purchaser will be required to deposit with 11 authorised officer who will be
ed with relief on the opportunity provided by Mr. Lloyd George's
he
to disclose a doubt which haunts his own mind.
So intense.
says, is the loathing of war in Britain, in many other countring of Europe.
that he wonders whether the com- mon people would march on any other occasion than when they believed their own frontiers to be in danger. I do not know the answer to that question, but I
present at the sale, the sum of often ask myself the question, and two hundred dollars, $200.00 in I wonder and when you begin to 'cash. This sum will be refunded" wonder on these points your won-
the purchase derings may travel a long way." 011 payment of
price.
For a statesman thus minded- and Government, since it
2 clear from eurrent events that Mr.
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PARTICULARS OF THE LOT Baldwin's scepticism is shared by
No. of Sale.
Registry No.
Locality.
No. 396.
Rural Building
South East of Rural
Building Lot No.
388, Island Road.
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Among prominent absentees will
Reuter
TYPHOON WARNING
The Manila Observatory in a message despatched at 3 p.m. yesterday gave the following warning:-
Typhoon in about 124 degrees Long. 5. and 16 degrees Lat. N., moving North West.
SOUTHWEST PARTY DELAYED
p.m
Shanghai, July 8. The President Jefferson, carry- The way leads to Isolation. Its a party of Southwest delegates is delayed through unfavourable Government's inevitable path. however reluctantly the first weather and will be arriving to" steps be taken.
morrow morning instead of at 7 The delegates are proceed- Mr. Baldwin declared his con- viction.
to Nanking before
ing the
by Abyssinian
to-morrow crisis ever began. that "the
night's express.
Having completed the arrange- ment you are up against sanctions ments in Nanizing regarding the you are up against war, ¿
state burial of Mr. Hu Han-min. Mr. Li Shiao-sheng is proceeding to Hong Kong to-day on the Pre- sident Jackson with Messrs. Liu
There
once
is no such thing as a sanction that will work that does not mean He now doubts whether our War," nation, and many other nations. would ever go to war save in de fence each of its own territory.
How could Mr. Baldwin again commit this country to a policy of "strengthening the au- thority of the League," realising as he does that only by warfare can the League's authority be up- held, doubting as he does whether the nations would undertake such warfare? Danzig, July 7
PAPERS SEIZED IN DANZIG
Hone, Rons Daily Press Special)
Tuesday's laques of the Social
Plainly, the pursuit of such a
Fan-shu and Wu Shang-ying who will be representing the Legisla- tive Yuan at the burial. Reuten
SOUTHWEST PLANES DESERT TO NORTH
"Nanking, July 8. Nine aeroplanes, which nave de- serted from the Kwangtung Air
The airmen called on the Cen-
Democrat paper "Danziger Volkes policy in the face of his own con- Furce, have landed at Nanking. stimme" and of the Catholic "Dan-victions is impossible. Then why ager Volkszeitung" were confiscat-does the British Government not ed by order of the Police President announce to the world its full ac- loyalty to the Government.
on the grounds that they contained ceptance of Isolation, the sole re- provocatory statements calculated maining policy?
to Increase the disturbances and For the world. the splendid put the Derzig Government in a benent of this avowal will be an painful situation with regard to ending of that long uncertainty foreign affairs. Above all the Po about British policy which is at lice President points out that the the root of half to-day's interna- relations between Danzig and Ger- tional troubles. For the British many must no longer be prejudiced Empire, the return to Isolation by the continuous campaign will mean 4 new strength and against the third Reichs and its unity of purpose between Mother Fuehrer, carried on in these pa- Country and Dominions, and a per*..... Fransoaran Bews Nervice.
PLANE MISHAP IN ABYSSINIA
#
Rome, July 1. Eight or nine Italian officers were killed when three seroplanes, which had flown from Addis Ababa
to Jimma Province, were landing.
trai authorities and pledged their
a
This gesture is regarded as great imoral victory for the Govern- ment.- Reuter
COUNTERFEIT PLANT DISCOVERED American's House Used By Servants
Pelping, July 8. Fourteen persons were arrested
deeper understanding with that other great English-speaking and Isolationist Empire, the United States of America. And both these attainments--a closer-knit in connection with the discovery Empire. a frmer friendship with of a printing outfit for counter America-are essential ta our
felting bank notes in the house of hopes of peace, of prosperity, and
the American residents, Colonel of happiness,
and Mrs, Isaac Newell, who are absent from Pelping for some months.
Most of the arrested men were house servants who were alleged It was Colonel Locatelli who to have been running the plant
Colonel Antofilo Locatelli is also said to be among the dead,
In
consequence the Wheat is soaring. --- Reuters Bulletin. Service
price of
EFFORTS TO TRACE BANDIT CAPTIVE
Hankow, July B. Mr. G. Tonner, of the Swedish Mission. and Mr. A. E. Carlsson, of the Norwegian Mission, are leaving Hankow this morning en route to Macheng in East Hupeh, in ad endeavour to make context with Mr K. I. Samset, Superin- tendent of the Norwegian Lu- theran Mission who was captured by bandits.
It is alleged that 200 bandits are stationed to Macheng near the border. Reuter
the
east
CAMBRIDGE BEATS OXFORD
Cricket At Lord's
London, July 8.
of
In their cricket match at Lord's
THE QUEEN MARY KILLS A WHALE
70FT MONSTER HIT
On Board The Queen Mary,
At Sea, June 23. The liner Queen Mary killed a whale this morning, writes a cor- respondent.
We were ploughing along at 29 knots when a huge black carcase. fully 701t in length, sudden y bobbed up out of the water right in the course of the ship.
A few seconds later the bows of the Queen Mary struck the whale. There was no tremor in the liner. A fountain of blood shot upwards, and the ship's creamy wake was turned to crimson for a consider able distance. Several whales have been sighted.
Cambridge won by eight wickets. A QUEEN
Cambridge. .432 for 9 declared (Nelson 91 and Yardley 90) and 17 for 2 Oxford 209. (Brockle- bank 4 for 47) and followed en for $239. (Mitchell Innes Brocklebank 6 for 92).- Reuter
84:
U.S. COAST GUARD CRUISER
other
IN AIR THRILL
"LIGHTNING MAGNIFICENT" ON MIDNIGHT FLIGHT
new plants
to produce synthetic raw materials. Italy cannot afford to annihilate such capital.
The fact that Italy's reserves of Gold and Foreign Currency are very substantially reduced means that Italy will only import when the country concerned is prepared take goods, for payment. If foreign business thus assumes some form of barter, it is essential that other countries must not try to
CQ
force Italy to accept the goods she can do
without, ur can produce
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Ji
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"Giornale
herself.
The semi-oficial d'Italia" writes:
"Every country that wants to sell to Italy, must buy from Italy, and not insist on selling aly a thing she does not need, or she can do without, or can produce berself."
As for
the political situation, the "Lavoro Fascista" draws atten- tion to the, increasing anxiety of the British people about the safety of the Empire.
The rate at which Britain is rearming, has increased at an as- tonishing degree, but the anxiety is unmistakable that
a conflict
might yet break out before the British rearmament is completed, says the paper, and the conclu-" alon is that none of the questions in Europe are solvable without the co-operation of Italy.- Trasan News Sernice.
RECEPTIONS
CHINA ASSOCIATION
London," June 27.. Ear! and. Countess Winterton received the guests last night at the annual reception of the China Association at Grosvenor House,
the
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Chan Yee, aged 35.married wo- man, was sentenced by Mr. Q. A. Magistracy yesterday on charges of A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon
(a) possession of a still, (b) posses- sion of fermentlag materials, (c) possession of dutiable wine, and (d) distilling wine without a licence at No. 202 Cheung Sha Wan Road, ground floor, when she appeared on remand.
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The wedding took place at the Tsun-hsien, a chemist of the Ling- Registry yesterday of Mr. Liu
nan University. Canton. and Miss Fannie Yan-chiu Wu, insurance agent of the Suh Life Assurance Ca. of Canada. Mr. M. J. Abbott,
Deputy Registrar of Marriages. officiated. and the witnesses were Professor I. Tsang and Miss L Wu, sister of the bride,
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Convicted two months ago and fined $20 for allowing her dog out in the street with no muzzle, Miss Leighton Fill Road, first floor, was Leung Fik-yeung, of No. 111
at the Central Magistracy yester- summoned before Mr. C. B. Burgess
day for not taking out a licence for the animal
Fage 6.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL
A telegram addressed to Fuller Nellore from Kobe is now lying unclaimed at the office of the Great Northern Telegraph Co. (Ltd.).
Two cases. of Cerebro-Spinal Fever were reported to the Health Authorities for the 24 hours ended on Tuesday.
Chang Man, a cookie, was ad- mitted to the Kowloon Hospital on Tuesday suffering from injuries received when he was knocked Road, Hunghom, at 10 p.m. on the down by car No. 475, in Tam Kung
same day
7
London, June 21. "Oh, the lightning was a magni- Visit To Hamburg.
Acent sight from the air. I was so impressed and not at all
Among those present were:- ("Hong Kong Dally Press" Special) | frightened," -
Lee Mut, 31, a coolte. was re- The Chinese Ambassador, the moved Hamburg, July 8. Bu said the Queen of Siam when British Ambassador to China and Hospital suffering from Injuries to the Government Civil The American coast guard
she and her husband landed at Lady Knatchbull-Hugessen, cruiser, Cayuga, with 14 officers,
Hanworth Air Park after their Hon. Sir Alexander and Lady him at Lyeemoon Stone Quarry at the received, when some rocks fell on, 69 men and 56 cadets on board.
midnight adventure in the air. Theodosia Cadogan, the Ean and 8 am yesterday. arrived here on Wednesday fore-watching the Aldershot
Tattoo Countess of Rothes, Bir Charles noon and will remain until July 14.
during the worst thunder-storm and Lady Addis, 8 Edward and -Transocean News Service,
England bas known for years, Lady Crowe, Admiral Sir Frederic ceived serious injuries when he Lam Shun-ying, a coolie, re- Raging torrents and the menace and Lady Dreyer. of lightning left the Royal couple
Bir Peter Grain, Vice-Admiral Kowloon Docks on Tuesday. He was struck by a siing of coal at the unperturbed as they flew several
CITROEN WORKS- COMEDY
Workers Detain Directors
“Hong Kong Daly Press" Specia
in a monoplane piloted by Lord Sempill
thousand feet above the vast areno Bir Reginald Henderson, Sir Re-was admitted to the Kowloon Hos- Binald Johnston, Lieutenant-Gene-pital, where his condition is re- ral Sir George Macdonogh, Sir ported serious, The King of Slam is a keen afr and Lady Pratt, Sir William Shen- William and Lady Peel, Bir-John man, and his wife is equally en-
Bouthern,
Thomas
Bir Eric
thusiastic. They told Lord Sempili ton, Bir
and
A woman, Tam Mul, was ad.. Lady that their fight was one of the Telchman, Sir Victor, and Lady Hospital with injuries Paris, July T.
the Government Civil and Lady mitted to
Another incident in the strike situation, not entirely without trony., occurred at the Citroen Works in Froncles, when two of the Directors, who came there express-
were taken prisoner by the work- men and are being kept in their own works. Franzorran News Tervice
The news lacks official confirma- made the first flight across the since the departure of the for- ly to try and reach a settlement, tion, but the victims of the am-Andes in 1919. He had also made eigners. It is alleged that they bush are said to have included the many flights over Greenland and Deputy Chief of Staff for the Air the Antarctic.- Force in East Africa.
Renter.
confessed to having 'printed notes to the face value of $10.000.~~ Heuter.
received
most thrilling they had had.
Lord Sempi! said afterwards: Wellesley, the Hon. William Astor. I when she was knocked down by a "For one moment I almost became M.P.
tram-car in Hennessy Road. a little nervous.”
The King of Slam is expected to make his first solo flight at Heston. Middlesex. early this week.
He and the Queen are being trained for their "A" licences by Flying-Oficer A. M. Glover.
-
Mr. and Mrz"D, G. M. Bernard, Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Chen, Mr. A. C.
Kwong Mah Fong, residing at Moreing. MP., and Mrs. Moreing. No. 2 Kami Yue Fong Street, was Mr. Tennyson Tan, Dr. and Mrs. | admitted to the Government Civil C T. Wang, Brigadier-General Hospital with scalds received when and. Mrs. Woodrollé, and Mr, and he upset a pot of boiling water over Mrs. C. H. Orde,
bimself.