THE HONGKONG' TELEGRAPH;
MONDAY, ATRIL 28, 1924.
EARLIER. TELEGRAMS,
EUROPEAN STORE SWINDLED.
CUSTOMER TAKES GOODS WITHOUT PAYMENT.
A particularly cool thieft of goods-Hicks, necktios and shirin to the value of about $35-was accomplished by a stranger from Messrs. Lane Crawford's promises on Saturday.
The man, doneribed as of dark complexion, in European dress, walked in almout noon and ordorod various articles, which were made He later up. into two parcels. rejected one of these bundles, and asked to be shown some further When the assistant's Bhirts. hack was turnril, the stranger walkeri out with the remaining parcel, and has not been heard o sines. He had given instructions for the goods to be delivered at No. 17, Seymour Ruad, in "Mr. D. Mac Dybrald." The polico ure on the lookout for him, but it is thought he was passing through and has loft the Colony.
INSURANCE - CO'S. ·
SWINDLED.
Tokyo Resident Charged With Frauds.
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Tokyo, Apr. 8. Swindling the insuranico companies
011
of
Y. 300,000 by acts of incendiarism is the charge to bo fought Mori. against
Chasuke one rosidont in one of the suburbs of Tokyo, who was caught, a short time ago in the act of practising hie nefarious trade.
Since January. 1922, Mori is
havo alleged to
several occasions started a fire in the hotise neighbourhood of a owned by himself, and when bio. house Was devoured 'by the flames, to have collected the value of his insurance policy from the company concerned.
His tricks, it is asserted, have resulted in heavy losses to others besides himself, as investigations reveal that through him over 600 houses have been burnt, repre- sonting a value of about one mil lion and a half of yon..
COLLISION IN A TUNNEL.
London, April 26. An electric train crashed into the rear of a special standing in a tunnel a mile outside' Euston. The latter was crowded with excur- alonists from Coventry for the Cup Final at Wembley. It is feared that several were killed and injured.
Later.
The special nt Euston from Birmingham and elsewhere in the North was crowded with Aston Villa supporters. It stopped near the terminus. The majority of the passengers were standing up, Rescue work was getting their wraps and overconts, when the electric crashed into the rear, where most of the easualties occurred. carried out in the setul-darkness of the tunnel. Many were injured seriously. There were few women nhourd the train.
Later.
Thirty-five injured passengers were sent to hospital on stretchers improvised out of cushions. Two died. A few had. broken limbs hut injuries were mostly alight. All were surprialagly cheerful. Some after their injuries werë 'dressed expressed their Intention of from Coventry, but going to the Cup Final. Most of them came four Londoners on the electric train were injured.
Luter.
It is officially stated that the number of persons injured al Euston is not definitely known, but there are probably twenty.. 11 is stated that two were ki ul.
Later.
Altogether there were fifty injured in the disaster. There were distressing sepaus in the dark tunnel where the rescuers were work- ing with light Bares and acetylene lamps extricating the injured from the debris. Several coaches were smashed to matchwood, The dificulties and dangers were inereused by the stifling fumes frem the fused rubber-covered cables, the gases from the train cylinders. also repeatedly catching alight. A conflagration was averted by the very prompt application of extingaishers and continuous supplies of water. The relief party wielded pick-nxes and crowbars, and im- revised the woodwork of the carriages as stretchers. The line was put out of action for the rest of the day.
Later.
The deathroll of the Buston disaster has been brought up to four by the death in hospital of two of the injurel. The condition of the driver of the electric train, whose legs were crushed, is serious. Others are progressing favourably. Good progress has been made, in clearing up the wreckage from the tunnel. It is anticipated that full train service will operate to-morrow,---Reuter,
GERMAN REPARATIONS:
Paris, April 27.. The Allied Governments' replies to the Réparations Commission been published. The British regarding the experts" reports have
overnment promises to do its athiost to facilitate the adoption of the reports in all matters coming under the Government's jurisdiction; rstly, the restoration of the fiscal economical authority of the Reich over all territory; secondly, take steps to give a binding effect to new Karantees and controfs insofar as they are not clearly covered by the peace treats; thirdly, the inclusion of all of Germany's treaty liabilities in a single annuity.
The French reply says that the Governments concerned have a right to expect from the Commission a definitive decision embody- with an argument certain points. It is further alleged that Moring the experts' conclusions, supporting them had recently built several houses giving them practical form and completing them on in different parts of the city, which The Belgian reply accepts the conclusions as a whole and hopes the it is believed he intended 16 des. Commission will consider the German draft of laws and decrces and troy by similar means in order to lose no time to prepare measures to enable the plan to be promptly aurich himself at the expense of enforced by common agreement between the Allies with whom The Repuration Com- -Belgium-is.antering into immediate contact. the insurance companies.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST
MALARIA.
mission has taken the first step in the application of the experts'-plans- at a dinner which the chief delegates gave to Mr. Pierpont Morgan as the beginning of a campaign of consultation with leading Inter- national nuanciers, including neutrals, especially in connection with the Butation of a German loan.
The Italian reply states that it is prepared to adopt integrally the conclusions and the principles inspiring then. The French Views of Sir Ronald Ross. Government adds that the Governments can only take useful action after the Commission has completed this work. It states that it the London, April 4. That
must consider under what conditions the present Franco-Belgiun English climate is too diabolical guarantees shall be merged or exchanged for those which will be even for mosquitoes-was-the-hunded-as-an-undivided-whole-to-all the Allies. These operations verdict of Sir Ronald Ross at a
cannot be effected until Germany has effectively put the plan into Juncheon of the Oversens League execution.-Reuter,
Washington, April 27. at the Criterion Restaurant, at which Sir Ronaki discoursed on General Dawes has declined by wireless the invitation the subject of malaria and other dinner it was planned to give in his honour. He explains that
and his associates on the Experts Committee hid agreed neither to He remarked that people in Great Britain knew little about speak or write regarding the reparations report lest their remarks malaria apart from those who should invite controversy or be construed as an interpretation of the contracted it during war or while report-Renter's American Service.
disease.
living abroad. There were, he added, more malaria parasites in a patient's blood than there were human beings in the world, but those parasitus could be
STEAMER
AFIRE.
to X be
Adelaide. April 27. The cargo steamer City of Singapore, from New York to South
killed entirely if the patient Africa, with a cargo of oil and motor-ears, took fire at Port Adelaide
were given quinine properly last night.
for three months. An attemptl
was being made to establish a
Fire brigades and river boats, were fighting the
ilantes, when
Malaria Research Institute, and terrific explosion occurred at midnight, killing
11 fireman, and
a very simple way to get it would injuring several; who were sent to hospital. A. further explo- boflo release thousands of infected sin vegurred two hours later. The fire is still burning-Reuter. mosquitoes in the House of Com-
mons. It would be a splendid thing if the British Empire led'
THE CHATHAM MEMORIAL.
Loudon, Aznil 26.
the way and banished malaria' from the Empiro, which meant
The Prince of Wales has unveiled. at Chatham one of the three "from the world.
Emphasising the need for more imemorials erected at British ports to the memory of, 25,563 men and medical research, Sr. Ronald women, who perished in: the naval service during the Great War. The 'memorial at Chatham contains 8,543 names. The Prince 31 Instanced cancer, a declarod! that he did not want to hurrow Wales suit that it was impossible to erect a monument to these their foglings, but one in ton of heroes similar to that on the battlefields of France and Gallipoli, for those prosent wore going to have all the seas of the world were their battlefield; and their grave, tlint disease. It was avery Through the victory won by their sacrifice the ships of Great Bri- serious matter, but he thought, it tuin still sailed to the uttermost ends of the earth-Henter. could be solved very quickly, and,
if they used the bost brains they could buy in the country, it could bo done.
81OLEN WHITE HEATHER. When two Poolo mon, Harry Ruffell (with forty-six previous convictions), and Thomas Vino (with ten provious convictions) were owah Bontoncod at Wim-
NEWFOUNDLAND LEGISLATURE DISSOLVED.
St. John, April 26..
The Premier announces the dissolution of the Legislature. A general dection will follow, probably wilbin a month-Reuter.
RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
Tokyo, April 20.
Russia having decided to transfer ten Japanese now under arrest borne to two month's hard labour in Vladivostok to Moscow for trial, Japan has instructed Consul' 12 inter- for stealing white heathon, value Watanabe to apply for permission to send with them £2, from Sir Evelyn Cecil's estate preter and a legal adviser.-Router.
at Lytohott Heath, it was stated On the 26th February Captain Matsu, a member of the General that loids of heather had been Staff, and eight other officers and interpreters, were arrested and stolon and taken in motor cars to their residences sourched. In reply to a request from the Japanese Covent Garden forsale. Two or Minister to Peking us to the ronson for the arrest, the Russian thres. cm tablos had to be con- authorities explained that they wore at Uberty to arrest foreigners tinu..ly on watch whon heather was in bloom.
tho
on suspicion.]
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MOSCOW IRRECONCILABLES.
Riga, April 27.
On the occasion of the anniversary of the, so-called Eastern University at Moscow, Trotzky, Clara Zekin, Radek and others spoke- enthusiastically regarding the cistern revolutionary movement, which the University solemnly swore to support, by providing "thou- sands of steadfast and loyal Communist revolutionary champions."
Trotzky, incidentally, termed Promler Macdonald more reaction- ary than the Turkish nationalists-Reuter.
ARBITRATION TREATY RENEWED..
Washington, April 27. Ratifications of un agreement extending the Japanese-American arbitration treaty for five years wore fofthully exchanged at the State Department to-day-Reuter's American Service.
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