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XD-+ERZALF SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1928.
日十初月二潤 ammoLe corr in ones
$20 PUB ANNUK
ON RUBBER.
FIRE ON J. C. J. L. WAR PREPARATIONS GRAND NATIONAL BRITISH EXTERNAL COMPULSORY LEVÝ
STEAMER
OUTBREAK OCCURS IN “HARBOUR.
SMART WORK BY THE FIRE
BRIGADE.
SMOKE HELMETS
USED..
DEVELOP.
NANKING GATHERING FORCES FOR PEKING DRIVE.
THRILLS:
MOST SENSATIONAL
· RACE EVER.
HUGE COSMOPOLITAN CROWD
3* SEES GREAT CLASSIC.
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CROSSING YANGTSZE,
Shanghal, Mar. 30. The preparations for the general offensive against Peking and the Fongtien party, by the Nationalists, aro taking definite shape.. ONLY TWO IN 42 FINISH
The Military Council has ordered
London, Mar. 80.- Fire broke out on the Dutch the management of the Hankow
One of the most thrilling and atoamer Tjikcabang, lying in the terminus of the Hankow-Peking most sensational races ever wit harbour, shortly after six o'clock railway line to prepare three hun-nessed at Aintree resulted in the this morning, but the prompt dred vehicles for the transport of Grand National Steeplechase to- action of the Hongkong Fire troops from Hankow to the North day. The record field of 42 met with disaster after disaster and Brigade prevented serious damage.
Wuhu, Mar. 30.
only two finished the course, the Troopa totalling 6,000 men have result being: As it is, the cargo in the tween deck of the after hold is badly left here for Pukow from which
place they will go to Pengpu. damaged, but it is not thought that Naval Wireless, the ship itself has suffered any
material damage.
The Tilkembang was due to sail to-day for Amoy, Shanghai and Koolung, but the fire on board this this morning will delay aniling, al- though to what extent is not known at the moment.
The cargo in the after hold consisted of sugar and flour, some of this being loaded yesterday.
Nanking, Mar. 30. Over 10,000 troops have crossed to Pukow in the past day or two.
Naval Wirelega.
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Changsha, Mar. 30. The situation here is quiet but bandits and Communists are caus- ng the country in eastern Hunan to be disturbed.--Naval Wirelces.
The only theory advanced at the NEW AIR ENDURANCE
present time is that a careless coolle dropped + watch cigarella during the loading pro-i
or
RECORD.
cess and this resulted in the cargo AMERICANS IN AIR FOR OVER catching fire.
The Alarm Given.
TWO DAYS..
New York, Mar. 30
It seems that the four and sugar) smouldered for some time before A. new endurance record in the there was any Indiention that air has been established at Jack- there was a fire on board the ship.sonville Beach, Florida, by the Smoke was first noticed this morn- ing Altering through the fiatches, avlators Mr. Eddie Stinson, and and prompt action was taken to Captain George Haldeman.
The former record of 52 hours ensure the immedinte presence of
Hongkong's fire-fighting comple- 23 minutes set by the German air- ment. Signals were sent out and men, Ristics and Edzard, was the alarm was given to the Central beaten by 72 minutes, the Ameri Fire Brigade at 6.12 a.m. by cans remaining aloft for 53 hours European police sergeant.
36 minutes,
The No. 3 fire float was sent im- Stinson is the manufacturer of mediately with a complement of the aeroplane in which the record officers and twelve men. When the was made, while Haldeman was the Brigade arrived at the Tjlkem pilot of the machine which started bang, the clouds of smoke were a Transatlantic fight with Miss 90, dense that 41: seemed Ruth Elder on board, when they
38 if there Was 1 scripts landed in the sea and were rescu- fire in the hold, and the No. 1ed by a steamer.-Reuter's Ameri- fro flant was consequently sent can Service.
for. This attended under Sub-
Offcer B.C.J. Buckeridge, the other
European officers being Superin-
tendent H. T. Brooks, Station EXCITING ARGENTINE Officer Moss and Sub-Officer J. W. Woollard.
Smoke Helmets In Use.
Dense clouds of smoke rolled from the tween deck and this con- siderably hampered the firemen in their attempts to get at the heart of the smouldering mass of sugar
und flour.
ELECTIONS.
FOUR KILLED IN POLITICAL CLASHES,
Buenos Aires, Mar. 30, The country is excited on the
Mr. Konyone Tipperary Tim
(Dutton)
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Mr. Howard Bruce's Billy Barton
The winner figured in the bet. ting at 100/1, while the second
was 33/1.
A huge cosmopolitan crowd saw the amazing race, including the King and Queen of Afghanistan, and thousands of Americans, some of whom phoned direct to America the news of the American horse,
DEPOTUNACEU
"COLOSSAL AIR SPEED RECORD.
Italian Achieves Over 318. Miles An Hour.
BEATS OWN RECORDS.
Rome, Mar. 30. The Italian airman, Major De Bernardi, fiying in a Mac- chi seaplane with a Fiat en- gine, claims to have establish ed a now world's speed record an hour of 512 kilometres over a three kilometre course at the Lido.
The flight was officially wit- nessed and if the speed is ac- copted, he defeats his own previous record of 475.20 kilometres.
The new record is equiva lent to approximately 318.6 miles per hour.-Reuter.
TELEGRAPHS.
AMERICAN ATTEMPT TO GAIN CONTROL.
MARCONI DISCLOSURES
MIXED RECEPTION TO NEW MEASURE.
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Bulls and Inners
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From the Ofies Butts.
These South Chian pirates To be consistent "Flesh and the appear to have resumed their Dovil" should be at the World. policy of the high scize.
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We presume that the Anglo- - The Telegraph recently had an American boxers will demonstrate article on the charm of Cowes, to-night that blood is thicker than McWhirter says that is nothing to water. the charm of really good Bulla.
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The Prince of Wales has been appointed "master of the mor With reference to a local chant navy," Man overboard!
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of silk, it appears they may still be sat-in.
The principal causes of amnesin seem to be a blow on the head and a subpoena to appear in Court, as a witness.
London, Mar. 30 At the annual meeting of the Marconi International Marine.com- munication: Company, Mr. Kella- way, presiding, said Signor Marconi had been advised to spend a few weeks in Italy to complete his re- IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE woman's page, if step-ins are made covery from his illness, which had been more serious than was
London, Mar. 30. generally known. Signor Marconi The second rending of the was now on his yacht, working on Rubber. Industry Bill, which pro a line of research which promised vides for contributions of $15,000 to be as sensational in its effects yearly to the Rubber Research on telegraphic communication over Association, was moved by Mfr. R. distances of a thousand to two Waddington (Conservative) In the thousand miles na his development House of Commons to-day... of the beam system over the The Association which had a greatest distances.
laboratory at Croydon was a high Referring to the caple and wire-ly necessary Institution and re- less merger negotiations Mr. Kell-quired funds. The contributions away argued it was imperative and suggested were on the basis of 1/25th of a penny per pound of of Imperial necessity that external rubber used in manufacturing pro- British telegraphs should operated, as one unit.
Out of 122 firing in the trade, He pointed out that these were 95 were in favour of the Bill now in the hands of six different while those opposing represented authorities at loast, lacking a com-1 per cent. of the capital in the
industry. mon coherent policy.
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"Elsie:"-You should call him. "Blue Boy." He seems to be. mostly always blowing his horn.
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A stray bat from the belfry:--
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"Reader:"There are various John: It is true that certain latest sharks will not bite but all tho humour tents. but the laughter maker has been invented same we should advise against by an Englishman. It is a approaching Indian moneylenders..
0.0 machine which can be placed in
Miss Kidd is to contest the Lin- the drawing room. A knob when
releases mechanism lithgow sent in the Conservative actuated which upsets a bucket of treaclo interest. That will get Labour's on the head, squirts. Boot through goat.
Simul- a nozzle down the back. taneously, a small canister of gun- Judging by the Stock Exchange
partial to Bulls as Hongkong in. powder is ignited, and blows your reports, New York is just as boots off.
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The principle of the contribu- Mr. Kellaway also disclosed that
A boxing an American commercial interest flans was the same as that of the
expert says in the past year had seriously maintenance of the Empire Cot-
Tunney should advanced the proposition that they ton-growing Corporation where
there was should operate the whole of the
an obligatory levy. have at least.
fight British internal and external tele-The cotton levy had produced one graphs and telephones through, a £90,000 yearly whereas the rubber month to keep
levy
produce £15,000. him fit. company to be formed in Great Some members objected to the about getting Britain, Reuter.
compulsory nature of the levy-married? British Wirelcan.
SETTLING AN OLD SQUABBLE.
THE POLISH-LUTHUANIAN CONFERENCE.
Berlin, Mar. 30. In fulfilment of the League Council's recommendations in De- cember that Poland and Lithuania should negotiate with a view to the establishment of favourable relations, a conference opened to day at Koemgaberg.
The leader of the Polish delc- gation in the Foreign Minister, M. Zaleski, while the Lithuanians are headed by the Prime Minister, M. Valdemaras.
The chief point of discussion wil be the ticklish Vilna problem, NORDKRwhich is, it is thought, likely to cause difficulties. The question of Billy Barton, who fell at the last the resumption of the postal, tele- fence when leading, but was re-graphie and railway services, and The going was heavy. mounted, and gained second place. the regulation of frontier traffic and shipping on the Nimen are also vital concerns-Reutor.
Bookmakers' Luck.
At one of the obstacles, two dozen, horses were held up owing
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ove of the Presidential election to loose horses dashing to and fro which takes pince on April 1st, in front of the fence, but fortun- At first an attempt was made to Four were killed and several in-ately there were no casualties, get down the hatches, but although jured in a clash of political oppon- the firemen used smoke helmets ents in the Provinces of Entrerion they were unable to get down far and Mendoza. Troops will be enough for the hose to be used confined to barracks to-morrow
Reuter's American Service,
with much effect.
Firemen went down time and time again, but it was eventually docided to flood the bootom· hold. and the tween deck and thus thoroughly soak the amouldering |· cargo.
MR. BERTRAM GILES' FUNERAL.
Ten four-inch deliveries were got to work from the two fire floats SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN'S and by flooding the bottont holds the fire was extinguished..
Cargo Damaged.
SYMPATHY.
London, Mar. 30. Sir Austen Chamberlain was re- presented and sent a wreath at the From the moment the Brigade funeral of Mr. Bertram Gilley, the arrived it was obvious from the ex-Consul-General at Nanking, who dense clouds of smoke that some died early this week.-Reuter, considerable amount of cargo was smouldering, but owing to the in-
Following the Lincolnshire Han- dicap, the result was a wonderful there was at least one happy turn-up for the bookmakers, but backer in London, who coupled the winners of the two Classics at £1,000 to half-a-crown,
In addition to sending thousands of words of description of the sen- Rational race by wireless telephone, the American did the Grand, No tional in sumptuous style.
American InvasİON.
It is estimated that no fewer than 10,000 Americans have come to England to witness the Grand National and the Varsity Boat Race, Many of them were on special trips which only permitted a few hours' stay in Englani.
The Mersey was full of luxurious
JUNK DISASTER.
FEARED LOSS OF TEN LIVES.
reported to the police at Cheung A Chinese named Lo Keung has Chau that he fears that ten lives were lost in a junk mishap which occurred in Chinese waters, near Lap Sap Mel, on Monday,
would
Bill Dangerous. Mr. C. Atkinson, K.C. (Cons.) moved the rejection of the Bill; describing it as dangerous. If the Bill passed through the House, attempts would undoubtedly be made to extend the principle to other Industries.
Brig. Gen. Makins (Cona.) also opposing asked whether this was the beginning of the taxation of raw material.
What
O D With another motor road in Kowloon, it is anticipated life insurance pro- miums will in- crease abortly.
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Specialist:
"Your hearing.
is better and the cure is com
plote."
Patient; "What did you say?!!
"Your hearing is better and. my fco is fifteen guincas."
"How guineas!"
This is not a n advertise. mont, but did it ever occur to you that cotton stockings, may be best in the long run?..
(0.0) The share market has
been cavorting- around right: amart Tately. That's one of
the reasons why
gentlemen pre-
fer bonds,
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"When wil
women
reccivo men's salary?".
The reported discovery of a minnow, which will play havoc Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, Pres-with mosquitoes dent of the Board of Trade, said is probably not, the Government favoured the so fishy as It principle of the Bill which was sounds. supported by eighty per cent, of the industry. He considered that
If we get many more Directora matters of detail could be settled in the Government service, there sympathisers of Mayor Thompson in committee.
The second roading was passed by 104 votes to 62.
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Premier's Statement.
The Government to-day sought the advice of, and will act on the suggestions of, the Stock Exchange and Rubber Trade Association as best qualified to represent Oity" opinion regarding the most favour- able time for Mr. Stanley Baldwin to deliver his promised statement
A muck! Fifty
asks a writer.
Out here, about
the end of the month.
Specialist (at top of his voice): "Yes!" 0.0
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won't be anybody left to direct. In Chicago, Appropriately, they go off with a lot of noise and little
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Looks like a fifty-fifty propoel- damage. tion-the trucks wear out the roads, then the roads wear out the trucks.
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Says MacWhirter "When - magistrate gets a pair of white gloves, the Police have to run the ruddy gauntlet"..
Judged by what he does, the cockroach seems to be related to the bookworm.
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The Botanical Department has takon over the New Territory
This proposal for reorganising tiger because several previous
in the Commons on April 4th. so the sanitary and medical services finds have been "plants."
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as to avoid embarrassment in the strikes us as a healthy idea. London market and not to be ad- vantageous to New York.
"On your toes", at the Queen's
Looks as if the latest Nicara- Theatro was particularly attrac The Premier will make his state-guan election will be won by a tive to Kowloon bus travellers who ment before the close of operations couple of regiments of marines. know the rush hours.'. in London and before the opening of the New York Market-Reuter.
BANDITS CAPTURE
HAICHOW.
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The lid appears to be coming off
the Teapot Dome scandal.
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With some youthful motorists
hugging the road is sceondary.
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Mr. Lindsell
gavo
an "old friend" of the Court nine months
and. 15 strokes. The prisoner le understood to have lost all faith In his friends.
... Officials are often tactless. Mining News: The Morrison Municipality at Home has asked a Hill Company has struck a new prominent golfer to perform a sod- According to his report, a junk, FENGTIËN ARMY MOVING TO voin at the 146th Lovel. It assays cutting ceremony."
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three ounces of dirt per ton.
By the new Ordinance, Chineso A party of Kalinga
head-temple-keepers may get their jobs. hunters recently went to call on by tender. But t'll be tough if
Stimson in they don't. Governor-General Manila, but fortunately he was out.
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RELEASE. of 1,000 pleuls capacity, loaded! with a cargo of hay, struck a rock off 'Yeung Kwong and sauk. The
Shanghai, Mar. 30, junk carried a crew of ten besides According to reliable reporte, the master and when the boat 3,000 bandits, believed to be operat the Chihli
Jack Johnson, the negro ex sank, Lo Keung, one of the crew, ing in linison with hung on to a tub in which he Shantung forces, captured Halchow
Heon tlie 26th instant.
champion boxer, recently presched General Chen Tlao-yunng's Army, was eventually picked up by a drifted for about an hour.
The Talpo Residents' Associa a sermon. We hear the congrega- small fishing junk and taken to from singklungnu, ja now making tion is, we understand, clamouring tion was deeply impressed by his Cheung Chau.
for the captured ity.-Reuter,
new Lunatie Asylum religious right. [Haichow is in Kiangsu Province, for a
normal. Tsingtao, not far from the old mouth of the Yellow River. It has latterly figured prominently in the news by reason of numerous pir- acies in its vicinity.]
accessible seat of, the fire it is ARBITRATION TREATY liners which served as hotels for a night, and the report staten that on the coast between Shanghat and Otherwise, crime in the district in
'impossible to say, at the moment how much, cargo has been ruined by fire. A large quantity has, of courge, suffered from smoke and water and it would appear neces-i sary to unload from the holds in- volved before the ship can sail..
The No. I fire float was able
AMERICA SUBMITS ONE TO TOLLAND.
great many.
A new air-service was inaugur- ated at Croydon, from Croydon to Aintree and return,. n distance of 100 miles at £8 per trip. Five huge planes were placci on the service, and departed from London at 10 The State Department has sub-a.m., re-arriving at Croydon at 0.15
Washington, Mar. 30.
to return to her wharf about nine mitted to Holland a draft of an pr
o'clock and the other font was arbitration treaty similar to that Dutton, the rider of the winner, withdrawn about ten o'clock, the concluded wih France-Router's is a youn Chester solicitor fire having then been completely American Service.
extinguished.
After the arrival of the Brigade,| there was never a danger of the fire spreading to other parts of the ship, but if the Inflammable carga of sugar had. smouldered Inde- finitely, flames might appeared which would have menaced the
ship,
(Continued on Page 18.),
SIR ALAN COBHAM.
London, Mar. 30.
Sir Alan Cobham reached Cape-
town this morning, thus complet ing the outward half of his flight Foyer Africa-British Wireissa.
Reuter.
PRINCE HENRY'S TITLES.
The mishap occurred during the
nothing has since been heard of the master or the remainder of the
erew.
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HONOUR FOR CAPTAIN HINKLER.
HONORARY COMMISSION AS SQUADRON LEADER.
London, Mar. 30.
The Australian Federal Govern- ment has conferred, on Captain Bert. Hinkler, an honorary com- London, Mar. 30. mission as Squadron Leader in the The King has bestowed on Prince Royal Australian Air Forca in re- Henry the dignities of Baron Cul cognition of his skill and intrepi- loden, Earl of Ulster and Duke ofdity in his recent flight from Eng- Gloucester-Reuter,
land British Wireles,
ABOLITION OF LIKIN OPPOSED.
INFLUENTIAL GENERAL
PROTESTS.
口口 It may be merely a coincidence, but fan't It curious that the appear- ance of these Poo On herbs has been followed by a distinct relief of business depression?
Aviators are seldom worried by the cost-it's the upkeep.
According to latest advices, an aircraft about to land compulsorily must make the signal "P. A. N." This is understood to mean "Pr pare A Nambulance." O
The silk stores are conducting.
With the weather we had, those Resoluto sales campaign as their sight-seeing tourists needed to be profita have been Flecting the past Resolute. few days
Great Daka from little acorns: The opinion that Mussolini is grow but when it comes to the only the second biggest man in the Royal Oak, someone appears to have Shanghai, Mar 30. world to. Lindberg's first, express the ache and someone else the corns. General Chu Yu-pu, Civil anded by a Yale foto, has prompted Military Governor of Chihli, and the Signor. to reply "The Duca, Joy has gone out of the Horg one of the most Influential of the he ist":
kong Police Force Fengtien leaders has, it is alleged,
announced officially his protest In spite of all the obstacles placed. A tiny tiger has been found on against the abolition of likin on the in his way, we do not suppose the a local hillside. It must be the ground that he needs large sums German trans-Altantic contender one released when the St. David's for the maintenance of his troops. has Koell feet.
Society held its last celebration.