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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
PRINCE CAROL OF RUMANIA.
LADY'S PURSE SNATCHED."
OUR PEKING LETTER-
FOR SOLDIERS.
AMERICAN PROHIBITION.
TO-DAY'S ROYAL VISIT.
DARING THIEF CAUGHT.
DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL BY SUPREME COURT
Washington, June 7.
The Supreme Court holds that the Frohibition amendment and also the enforcement of the Prohibition Law are constitutional.
initments.
THE QUESTION OF SEA POWER
SOUND ADVICE BY EARL BEATTY.
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THE WHEAT SHORTAGE.
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HARD TIMES COMING YOR EUROPE
London. June 8.
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JUDGMENT IN SUPREME COURT CASE.
(From Dur Own Correspondent). CHANGES IN N.C.O. RANKS. UP A PENNY TO-DAY.
Poking, June 4 Great satisfaction will be gan- Although the starling rate of At the moment of writing there orally Elaborate preparations hata A particularly daring anatcher
expressed in military the dollar this morning showed been made for the reception of operated in the bosine quarter General Chia Yang leng max be Order 142 of 1920 which providas yesterday's rather "sementions) fis a strong probability that viralen by the publication of Army a slight decline, as compared with H.R.H. the Crown Prince of of the town yesterday, but wan Rumania, who is expected to caught after a chase and the induced to turn the premiership for the change in rank nomenclosing quotation, later in the day arriva in Hongkong this after purse which he stole was re- that he has had the courage to Royal Engineers and Royal Army The opening quotation this morn-
In his favour it has to be admitted clature in the Royal Artillery, the rate bardoned. noon on the ss, Madran. Blake covered. Pier has been specially decorated The victim wash L. Hay no to propositions that have Ordnance Corps.
This Araying, en demand, wan 3o. 6348., an for the occasion. The pillars are Porkin, who while goiling out to the interests of the country, 1. From 1st May, 1930, the ing rate of Sa. Grada
appeared to him to be detrimental | Order rendu un follows *~-~-~- nomyfired ́with Yesterday covered in red, white and blue from bar private chair” yon turday banting, shields bearing the flags to go into the Chartered Bank stand the strong though not Engineers and Royal
but it is doubtful if he can with- rank of Sud corporal in the Royal morning it rose to 32. of the Allies are displayed in suddenly found the purse the numerous remitionary elements Ordnance Corps, will be abolish market being steady.
Srey aloud of the nam không th considerable number, whilst the was carrying snatched from landing stage ja strikingly her band by the lake, who in the capital. Sir John Jordan ised, and no further promotions to London. June 8.
The cause of rise" is anid to be adorned with palms and red bolted in the direction of theeported to have said in a recent the rank of corporal in the Royal strong selling on the part Earl Beatty, speaking at a Western Australian dinner, em-
Interview, that the phasised that in fature the naval co-operation of the Dominions
Chinese Artillery will be made from that of the Chinese, both locally. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. manage to get-on fairly well in dale, as it is intended that this and carpeting. must form an integral part of naval defence.
The Crown Prince is dau to For the recovery of the parsespite of the absence of real govern- rank in the Royal Artillery shall came over the Earl Beauty trusted
Shanghai, Silvar that individual members of the Empire would abandon parochial arrive at about 3 p.m., and H. E. which contained a sum of a cement, This is true-so crus be allowed, except as shown in morning twopence down, so the wires this views and regard the problem of sex power as a whole, recognising the Governor will go aboard the of her chair coolies was responsi-
23 to suggest the At the order of his mi that if half a dozen men who are that if disaster befell one unit the entire Empire would be affected. Madras as soon as she comes into ble.
remark paragraph. 3, to lapse.
rise appears to be due to local Maintenance of sea power meant assurance for the future, the coat port. The Prince will come tress, the coolja
2. In consequence the following causes, which were also a factor promptly responsible for the dissension in changes will take effect- of which should be borna in proportion to population and com- ashore by His Excellency's yacht took
chase after
in yesterday's decided drop. Stanley, and at Blake Pier he will the thief, who, before he had would be truly united. Terrorism rank of a bombardier in the firmer tendency, though it is felt China were removed this natiga (i) From 1st May, 1920, the Speaking generally, there is a be met by the Officer Comanding run a great distance, stumbled is not suggested bat a useful Royal Artillery will be raised that there will be no very marked the Troops, officers commanding and fell prostrate on the ground.abetiinte might be employed.
and made equivalent to that of rise until exports begin to more.. military units, and beads of The coolia instantly jumped on Government Departments, A his back, and with the assistance
corporal. Guard of Honour drawn from the of a detective employed by the Personally, I think the peo (ii) A non-commissioned officer 2nd Lattalion Wiltshire Regiment Hongkong and Shanghai Bank,spects of Chin Yang-pang re holding the rank of 2nd corporal will be in attendance and after an the culprit was secured and hand-maining Premier are remote but in the Royal Engineers or Royal inspection by His Royal Highness, ed over to the Police.
even with a múltitude of different) Amry Ordinance Corps on 1st According to the Daily Mind, experts predict a shortage of une
Prince Carol will proceed to In evidence at the Police Court views and a variety of explana-May, 1920, will be given the rank thousand million loaves of bread in Europe during the coming year. Government House, where be this morning. Mrs. Perkin said tions it is still difficult to sum up of corporal from that date.
(D A 'non = commissioned Britain alone needs six million tons of imported wheat and will be will remain until the Madras that she was with her sister at the situation. One thing way be lucky if she gets a million and a half. Severe night frosts have leaves port. The route from the time when the robbery was said. Anfuite and non-Anfaits officer holding the rank of car Blake Pics to Covernment House committed. The thief Brat struck are agreed that the circumstances poral on 30th April, 1920, in the will be lined by troops. At night,|ber wrist and then snatched the of to-day point to a coming trash, RA, RE 0: RAO.C. will be ping Lung brought against the barquet in bonour of the purse which she had taken out Something is bound to happen. appointed lance-sergeant, with Shing Lee firm for the mogvery Royal visitor will be held at in order to pay 15 cents to a The long expected crisis canno: affect from lat May, 1920.
of $487.50 for damages for breach Government House.
¡be much longer delayed. Obit (iv). The badges of raak of a
Prince Carol, as is known, is on
The prisoner gave a very lame Yong-peng may be granted ad- lance-sergeant in the RA, will be of contract to deliver to them 250 cases of tin plates, His Wowester a trip to Japan for the purpose of reuse on berg asked to make ditional leave, but that meage three cherrons (without a run. Homor Mr. Justice J. B. Wood
nothing. It simply means mark-and that of a bombardier will be carrying out a special mission als statement. He mild that as He is accompaniol by M. Filoder, some eight or nine pezameraning time. The inevitable must be two chevrona.
faced. General Cavanasen,
In the B. E a lance-sergeant plaintiffs with costs, the amount) past him, he save thự porte lying
• Captain |Haria, A.D.C., and M. Djabari.
on the ground and picked it up:/
will wear three cherions (without of damages to be settled by the If he were the thief, he said, he Mr. O. R. Crane, the American a grenade) and in the R.A.0.0 Regine.
The defendants, -îi appo The visit of Prince Carol recalls would snatch the much more Minister, has come and gone-tola ante-eorgeant will wear the his romantic marriage in 1918 at valuable bag which aire Ferlin Shanghai. It is remarkabla tha: badges of rank worn by a sergeant purchased the 350 cases of the Odessa to a charming Rumanion was also carrying on her arm, he should have had to go to the in that corps."
tea platan fedda Menues, Greta Bros. girl. It will be remembered that, instead of the small purse.
Southern settlement to participate This change will be especially
and Co. On the 9th vitiền the in consequence of his wedding to
The prisoner had nothing to say in the launching of an American welcomed by the bombardiers defendants, after having inform Mile. Zizi Lambrino. daughter to when the Magistrate stated the abip before he was able to present of the Red, as it will be the plaintiffs that the tin a Rumanian doctor, the Prince plain fact that the bag was very his credentials. Mr. Tenner, who remembered by those who were plates had arrived, wrote to slate Wak 4 mistake, renounced his right of succession much harder to conceal on one's acted as Charge d'Affaires, will prisoners of war in Germany, that that this to the throne in August last.
Do remain here for some monta at the Germans toade, them work **
goods had arrived, and asked that the pro- This union has ao beco In sentencing the prisoner to the disposal of the new Minister on the same lines as the private jannalled, both under the laws of three months' hard labour and 12 instead of proceeding on the trave soldier, because one chavron only rious letter be cancelled to Romania and of Old Russia, strokes with the birch, Mr. Smith programme which he had arrang was word, notwithstanding the red misunderstanding by either
banns were published. said that in this Colony snatching ed.
fact that a bombardier is a full party. The letter. addressed by Messrs. Getz Bros. and of the figs
N.C.O. A full N.C.O. (e.g. a Gier from a lady whether she be Eur
Mr. Ray Atherton, second corporal in the infantry) was was filed. In that lotter, Messrs. 'Orient. Ltd., to the 'defendants, man intrigue, said his mother,opean or native was a very seri- Queen Marie, recently. In speak-lous crime. haing of his wist to the East.
actual manual
Queen Marie added:Lately! he accepted a mission to Japas, where be will stay for six months. Should is former wife marry another, the affair will concluded."
plaged havoc with the crops in some of the sputtern counties.
HOME CRICKET.
London, June 7
Essex beat Northants by an innings and 102 runs. shire beat Gloucestershire by 112 russ
LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
(From Our Own: Correspwadenta.l
PAKLING STILL AGROUND.
Shanghai, June 19. Fortber aid has been dispatched to the Bhie Funnel steamer Pakling, which is still aground.
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SHANGHAI RICE SHORTAGE.
Shanghai. June 10, The ice phostage has become more serious. The price rised to $12 a picul.
TO-DAY'S CHINESE TELEGRAMS.
HONGKONG MAN ARRESTED.
Shanghai, June 9.
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NEW PENSION RATES.
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1,100 TEACHERS RESIGN,
CONFLICT OVER SALARY AWARD.
In the claim which the Kar
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The closing rate of the dollar, on demand, to-day was Ja./714d.
£1,000 FOR GOAL-POSTS.
Gatz Bros. regretted to state that they had received no information in regard to what action the mills intended to take in respect to filling this order. As the defendants koew, the steel strike, The Government, faced with a
coal miners' strike and the rail- deficit of $10,000,000 againer
way strike, tugether with the Dragon Festival settling,, bas
attitude of labour in America, had managed to secure loans from thr
made al manufacturing сол local banks aggregating $9,000,000. Li Sum-ling, an official in the Finance Department, and green (Captain L. V. James) ships and distress of the St Kilda Salt revine surplus. This ough under the Worcestershire Educa- been greatly delayed by causes
A touching account of the hard-at 11 per cent.. secured on the
ditions very difficult and all ship- Elementary school teachers ments of metals had therefore formerly a journalist in Hongkong, has been arrested.
British ship lying the Rumanian islanders was told by Donald to be enough to pay the official tion Authority, over 1,100 in entirely beyond the control of accusation against him has not been made public. One rumour is
flag at the foremast, arrived to the effert that he bas divulged secret information, whilst anones yesterday afternoon from Vladi Craig, the captain of the trawler salaries, but it still leaves open number, bave in a body handed the sellers. is that he undertook to distribute Bolshevik propaganda through stock with 1085 Rumanian Active, which arrived at Aberdeen the question of financial supplies. in their resignations. the country and that a number of documents of this character have soldiers being repatriated home.
As long as the country remains The trouble has arisen over beea seized at his residence.
Out of the sparse population of in its present state of disorganisa: the refusal of the Education 80 islanders, 60, be said, weretion it will be impossible, for Pek-Authority to concede the scale prostrated with illness, in, mosting to receive remittances from of salaries awarded by cases influenza.
the provinces. Yet there must Burnham Committee. All work in the island. the land should be ad end to the an Among those who have handed tending of sheep forks, the restrained borrowing which bas in their resignations are:- spinning of the wool, and fishing, continued since the commerice: 550 Certificated teachers. FOR LONG SERVICE MEN. was at a complete standstill. batment of the great war.
350 Uncertificated teachers. fortunately, the supplies of food-
200 Supplementary teachers. U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION regular delegates were seated invalided in the Grest War and now alleviated the starration stion the Board of Navy hased and supplementary teachers. New rates of pension for men Latuffs landed by the Active have According to reliable inform- In the case of the uncertificat-
An expenditure of £1,000 had! from the contesting Arkansas having from 10 to 21 years' service which for time threatened the accepted an offer made by the the resignations will take effect been re-commended by the Parks districte.
will have effect from April 1, 1919. people of St. Kilda Chicago. May 29.-Primary
Curtiss Company of New York to at the end of the month, but the Committee of the L.C.C. for the Captain Tryon made this There is, moreover, a lament- advance five million gok dollars others do not take effect till the provision of goalposts for football delegates to the republican na-announcement in the House of abla dearth of medical skill and on the condition that Carties end of July.
and hockey in the parks. Fees Chicago, May 31-The repub-tions! convention pledged to Commons recently and added medicines for those stricken with bydroplanes be taken in equival lican national committee to-day General Wood for the presidential the following details --
The Education Authority re for the use of posts and marking illness. began hearings on 137 contest comination number 112, it was
ent value to half of the money. fuses to concede the Burnham out of pitobes for football and Continuous Service men in the Nurse Mackenzie, of Glasgow, a view of the divided state of scale until the Government hockey matches to be fixed at 1: cases of delegates to the national announced to-day. Senator John-Navy with over 10 years' service bas taken op her residence on the the Chinese nary it is understood undertake to finance it without convention,
son of California has 110 and would have is. a day and those istand. but she is unable, owing that either the money or the charge on the county. Cases from Alabama, Arkan Governor Lowden 65 instructed with 14 years' service Is. 6d. aday. to the lack of medical supplies, hydroplanes will be used to bring sas and Florida were heard to by primary.
Non-continuous Service men to cope adequately with the about the desired union, the -- day.
Chairman Wil H. Hays an-
The uninstructed and favourite and Royal Marines with 16 years' epidemic now raging.
altitude of the Southern navy Ison delegates number 560, service would have 1s. 9d. a day; During the war the cable from determining the stllisation of the he wishes to retire. Of course nounced that the committee
Chicago, May 29.-Arrivals of with 18, 29. a day; and with 20, the island to the mainland was proceeds ofthe loan. Captain Reed, such report is dealed by the would make "judicial decisions national committesmen and party 2s. 6d. a day. The Admiralty destroyed by submarine, and at American navy aristor, bas Legation, but there is no doubt
The contests are not surround-
leaders have began preparatory would add the usual additions present the only medium of com- been engaged by the Ministry of that Mr. Obala would welcome a ed with the importance of those vention a week hence.
to the republican national con- for rank.
munication possessed by the Nary as chief of the new organi- change to More congenial in the Taft-Roosevelt campaign
These rate a would be applicable islanders is through the trawlersation. As the negotiations have surroundings. He is not happy in for delegates in 1912.
J. B. Keating announced that to men re-enlisted to complete a
to re-engaged, men in the Army, Active...
naturally been kept very secres, Peking. There is great privation, also, no details are yet available. General Wood and Governor the choice of candidates would term of service of at least 21 years, on the island of Skye owing to
There seems to be good reason Lowden will be the most affected be free and open and that the and to men who have had this food shortage as the result of the
to believe that China is preparing by the result of the contests, but convention would send a man to period of contincus Colour Service, irregular stesmer service.
His Excellency the British
to have the Shantung award of neither can gain enough delegates appeal to the voters and bring although they might not have re- Owing to wist of nourishing Minister will make a short visit the Peace Conference submitted **to assure his nomination if all success to the party.
food, out of 46 children in some next month, and it to the League of Nations. Even Coronet Theatre 5.15 and 9,15 were decided in his favour.
It is hoped to dispose of the Cox of Kentucky and National be paid in full, and in addition a had a piece of bread to eat on Bir Beilby Alston, Mrs. Alston to this prospect, realising that it
The Disability Pension would school in one district, only one expected that he, will return as Japanese are becoming reconciled p.m. contests in four days. The Treasurer Fred W. Upham of Service allowance.
Hongkong Thentre-5.15, 7.15 Lone day, e
will remain in Peking.
is impossible for the Chinese and 9.15 p.m. committee sessions were open to Chicago reported that there was A man, for instance, who had Were it for the - High-
Government to negotiale direction attorneys representing the con- a visible trend toward Governor served over 10 years would, re- land pride of the v pła, who hide Mr. Obata, - the Japanese with. Japan on the subject, in KATURDAY,
Frank O. Lowdens of Illinois, and ceive a weekly. Under the old their privations take reports of Minister, bas boet suffering from view of the strength and fun deleted his changes, bright Army, these got nothing and their mundir gagna
for some time, and this animity of péklisź
REPUBLICAN CONTESTS.
and not political ones."
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National committeeman Porter'
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DON'T FORGET.
TO-DAY.
Coronet Theatre-5:15 and 9.15
and 9.15 p.m.
Hongkong Theatre--5.15, 7.15
p.m
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