POSITION VACANT. Applications are invited for the position of Head Mechanic in the Fire Brigade Department. Appli- cants must have the following qualifications:-
1. Ability to read, write and speak English and Cantonese.
2 A good knowledge and con- siderable experience of the main- tenance and overhaul of all types of motor vehicles.
3. Ability to drive and to test motor vehicles.
4. A knowledge of the repair and maintenance of water pumps. The commencing salary of the post will be $1,440,00 per annum. rising subject to satisfactory ser- vice by annual increments. of $120.00 to a maximum of $2,880.00. For further particulars, apply in writing to the Chief Omcer. Fire Brigade. Central Fire Station, to whom all applications should be addressed.
Sd. T. H. KING. Chief Omcer, Fire Brigade.
25th February, 1938.
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SENSATIONAL TRIAL OF SOVIET STATE HEADS
JAPAN PLANS DEVELOPMENT
11
OF CHINA
Charged With Attempting To Subsidised Concerns
Overthrow Present Regime
Moscow, February 28.
Probably the most significant trial in Soviet history is announced to take place before the military collerium of the Supreme Court' on March 2 of some of the most outstanding figures in the country. Amongst the 21 accused are Tagoda, fromer head of the secret police, Bukharin, ex-editor of the Izvestia and former president or the Comintern. Rakowsky, president of the Council of People's Commissars for the Ukrains, Grinko. Commissar of France. Krestin- sky, assistant Commissar of Foreign Affairs, Rosenholtz, Commissar of Foreign Trade and Rykov Lenin's successor as Premier of the Unjon of Soviet Socialist Republics,
All the defendants are alleged to be members of an organisation combining dil opposition elements Trotskylsts, Bukharinists and Menshevistas - and
are charged with murder, treason, espionage and plotting with foreign powers Go overthrow the Soviet in ex- change for territorial concessions --(Retuter).
GORKI POISONED?
Later. Others numbered among the ac- used are Chernov, Commissar for Agriculture. Ikamov, Secretary of the Uzbek Communist Party. Kho- dazhnev, Premier of Uzbekistan.; Krutakhov, secretary and manager to the late Maxim Gorky, famous Russian. author. Shagangovich,
SEVERED HEADS IN SHANGHAI STREETS
Shanghal, Feb. 28. The sixth decapitated Chin- ese head was found last night in the French Concession.
The head had been severed for several days and was in a bad state of decomposition.
It was taken to the police station, where attempts are be- ing made at identification- (Reuter).
To Undertake Immense Task
Tokyo, Feb. 28.
"It is learned that the Cabinet's Planning Board has completed the preparation of Parliamentary Bilis providing for the creation, of semi- official development concerns tri North and Central China...
LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have received.
instructions
TO SELL KY
PUBLIC AUCTION
ON
WEDNESDAY.
MARCH 2, 1938
COMMENCING AT 9.30 A.M.
AT H., M. KOWLOON NÁVAL. DEPOT
Following approval of the Bills by the Cabinet, they will be subr mitted to the Dlet early, next week. Firms, under the Board's pro posals, will be governed by Chinese Affairs Board, which will have full supervisory powers over North China Industrial; develop- ment and will be capitalised at Yen 356,000,000, of which half will be subscribed by the Government,
The company is financing enter- prises in the fields of communica-
Clothing, including Blankets and. » Hons, transport and salt manufac-Serge, Duck and other Remnants,
ture.
OLD AND SURPLUS
VICTUALLING STORES
Comprising
Another semi-omcial organisa-Electro Plate, Cutlery and Table- tiori will control Central China. ItLinen, etc., etc.
will be capitalised at Yen 100,000. 000, of which half will be paid bý the Government.. The concern. is
Lets may be inspected Anancing enterprises concerned with traffic, mining, and public the 1st March, 1938. utilities, including gas, water and electricity.—(Reuter).
President of the White Russia BIRT ATTACK AROUSES
Republic..Menzhinsky, successor to
M. Yagoda as head of the Ogpu, Kulbishev, Chairman of the State: Planning Commission, and the fol- lowing four professors of medicine, who are accused of conspiracy and of poisoning Maxim Gorky, who did two years ago-Levin, head of the Kremlin Hospital, Pletnev, leading heart specialist, Kagakov. Director of the Institute of Facial Metabolism, and Maximov. one of the Kremlin physicians.
RADER TRIAL RECALLED
SHANGHAI RESIDENTS Japanese Consul Promises Culprit Will Be Punished
Shanghal, February 28.
The attack on Dr. Edward Birt has aroused the greatest con- cern among foreigners in Shanghai, and it is expected that energetic disciplinary measures will be demanded against soldiers who molest foreign resident.
Doctors believe they will be able
.The
made
GERMAN PROTEST
Shanghai, Feb. 22. German Consul-General
on Tuesday
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UNREST FEARED.
IN STYRIA
Graze Surrounded By Troops
Austrian
Vienna, Feb. 28. troops on Saturday
įGraze, capital of Styria, apparent-
The Indictment accuses Trotsky to save. Dr. Blrt's eye in spite of himself of active association with the gravity of the wound. Dr. Birt agents of a foreign power as far was first taken to hospital and sent a note yesterday afternoon to back as 1921 when he was head of then to his home.
the Japanese Consul-General in- the Red Army.
„The Japanese, spokesman at fast forming him that the German Other charges relate to 1918 night's dally press conference said doctor. Dr. Edward Birt. had been' when the defendants were at the that the soldier responsible for the the victim of a brutal attack by a night 'surrounded the town of very height of their power, and attack would be arrested when Japanese soldier. had supposedly plotted to murder found and that an enquiry would The Consul, it is understood.ly because the Austrian Govern- Lenin. Stalin and Evendlov, who be held. (Transocean)
a sharp protest and dement feared a national uprising. President of was
the Central
Shanghal, Feb. 28, manded an investigation of the in-
Detachments of Federal troops. The Executive Committee of the Soviet
Japanese Consul-General | cident as well as punishment of
were drawn up in circles around Union.
called on the German Consül-the culprit-(Transocean),,
the town..which is Austria's largest General today and expressed re-
JAPANESE VERSION Most of the defendants have
city after Vienna and has a po- grets for the attack on Dr. Birt
Shanghai, feb. 28. been under arrest for several
pulation of 150,000. Machine-guns The Japanese version of the were placed in position in the yesterday. months, many of them since they
He pledged that an investiga-Incident in which Dr. Edward were incriminated. In the Radektion leading to punishment of the Birt, well-known German resident distributed to the troops
city, and hand grenades trial in January of last year.
Japanese soldier responsible will be of Shanghai, was assaulted yester- The Zinoviev and Radek trials ridertaken immediately, and said day, which it is stated is based on Alf approaches to the city were were conducted under the super-that steps are under way to in- the report of the local police chief. guarded and people passing vision of M. Yagoda, who is now demnify the victim.
is that a Japanese soldier entered through were searched för arms. accused of practically the same Investigation has showed that Hungjau village early in the morn- No unrest, however, manifested
crimes for which Zinoviev, Mani- the culprit was a cook from the nev and Platakov were executed. supply units and, according to the The trial will be public and will Japanese account, used a bayonet probably be attended by foreign and not a dagger-(Reuter). journalists. The death sentence is regarded as inevitable.
SERIOUS UPRISING
Later. The People's Commissariate fori Internal Affairs of the U.S.S.R. has announced that it has completed investigations into the case of ¿ group of plotters bearing the name of "Bloc of Rightists and Trotsk- vists" who, under instructions of the intelligence services of foreign
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were
ing and proceeded to a wine shop. Itself. The -measures adopted Shortly before noon the soldier were undoubtedly taken as the left, the wine shop in a drunken result of the disorders on Thurs- state azid was jeered at by day night following the broadcast
DI. villagers, whereupon he pulled out of
Schuschnigg's his bayonet' and tied a long plece (Tranaocean).
FOREIGNERS MAY of string to it, swinging it round
REMOVE CARGO
But Japanese Not Responsible For Loss Or Damage
Shanghai, Feb. 28. Representatives of owners of
at several
his head to keep the crowd dway. 4
While this was happening Dr. "Birt and bis companion, Herr Tie-
fenbacher,' entered
the
village street behind the soldier, who was thus in no position to see them.
FUSHED HORSE
speech.
MUNICH OF AUSTRIA
Graze. Feb. 27.
A Viennese infantry regiment, equipped with armoured cars and machine-guns, guarded entrances to the town here today to prevent a giant Nazi mass meeting which Struck by the flying bayonet, Dr. had been planned fn deñance of Birt dismounted, whereupon the an official ban. soldier tried to push the doctor's
Styrian Naxis are talking of horse into the creek. Persanding making Graze the "Munich of Aus-
When the police arrived on the scent neither the soldier nor the Germans were there.
·
Motorcycle detachments are patrolling the roads and planes are flying low overhead. Rester).
states hostile to the Soviet Union British and American cargo value the soldier to give up the attempt. ta," and the wilder elements have embarked on espionage for these states, indulged into wrecking which has been bottled up at two
thousands sterling, Dr. Birt remounted and the two even spoke of a march on Vienna.
Germans rode away. activities diversions and terrorism.
wharves outside the International undermined the military might of the Soviet, provoked armed attack Settlement since the Japanese oc- against her and aimed to defeat of cupied the area, will be allowed to the USSR by the separation, in enter the wharves to arrange for favour of the above states. of the the removal of the cargo tomor- Ukraine, the Central Asiatic Re-row, it was announced by the publies of Georgia, Armenta and Japanese naval authorities yester- Azerbaidjan and the Maritime
The wharves in question Provinces and, finally, to over-
day.
FAMOUS FRENCH JOURNAL SAVED
Paris, Feb. 25.
The Japanese military Authori ties stated at midnight that the Japanese soldier had not been caught, explaining that investiga- tions had been hampered by the fact that the police who reported throw the Socialist system existing owned by the China Merchants the incident did not witness the
actual attack, In the Soviet Union together with Steam Navigation Company, and
At the same time, the military the restoration of capitalism and were formerly operated by the the power of the bourgeoiste Chinese Government. They have authorities declared that the Ja-Echo de Paris, which was to have been used as a temporary, dump-panese soldier was "drunk. (Re-ceased publication yesterday, was
(Reuter),
VENUS DRAPED
are
uter)
ing ground for cargo coming from upper reaches of the Yangtse|......... while awaiting transfer to ocean-
| going steamers for tränsportation to Britain and America, and vice- versa.
2:0
The disappearance of the great French nationalist newspaper,
prevented at the last moment when a strongly financed group took over the control of the organ. Particulars of the transaction are unknown beyond the fact that the new proprietors are to assume control In the middle of this week.
The Echo de Paris first appear-
ITALIAN AIRMEN FOUND
Rome,, Feb. 28. * Löndón, Feb. 28.
The Italian airman, Count After a long fight, Scottish Announcing the opening of the Mazotti, and, hla companion puritanism has won a great vic-wharves. Japanese naval authori-Foligno, son of a well-known Milan tory in Glasgow by having secured ties state that they are not bear-industrialist, who took part in the prohibition, at the forthcoming ing any responsibility for loss or International air rally in theed 84 years ago, and in recent Empire exhibition of art of dis-damage to the cargoes sustained Sahara and had been missing since times has been regarded as the play of nudeness in any form. prior to the inventory made by last Wednesday, were found yes-mouthpiece of the French General Miss McLellan, the gifted young the Japanese after occupation.terday, about 500, kilometres from Staff. The paper was badly bit last year when a number of lead- Scottish artist, had painted. "The The Japanese navy has also fix their starting point. "
Birth of Venus" on glass as deed the removal fes at four yen per Marshal Italo Balbo Governor men on the editorial staff left and coration for the main hall of the ton, and the transportation fee at of Lybia, was personally respon- founded a new paper.
It is forecast that the Echo de exhibition....but was forced to Ave yen per ton to the Interna-sible for finding the airmen to cover the nakedness of Venus Honal Settlement, and of six yen Mazotti and Foligno were in good Paris will be made the organ of with an
and uninjured.-(Trans-the Right Wing parties-(Trans- veil.-(Trans- per ton to French Concession-health opague ocean):
ocean). ocean).
(Reuter);