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FOUNDER 18 9+ZAQXWF. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1929.
CHINA'S GIGANTIC EUROPEAN HOUSE
AIR PLANS.
AIR MAIL ROUTES ALL OVER COUNTRY.
'THREE MOST IMPORTANT IN SIX MONTHS.
AMERICAN CONTRACTS.]
It
BURGLED.
SCHOOLMASTER'S LOSS PUT AT OVER $1,100.
HOUSEBOY SUSPECTED.
A daring burglary was commit- led at the residence of Mr. A.T. Hamilton, master at the Ellis Ku- doorle School, at 5, Leighton Hill last night, the thief or thieves steal- Ing clothing and silverware valued ni $1,175.
LORD CUSHENDUN SURPRISES.
BRITAIN WILLING TO TAKE BACK SEAT.
DISARMAMENT, PLANS LEFT TO -MILITARY POWERS.
LITTLE EXASPERATED.
London, Apr. 19.
The Preparatory Disarmament Commission of the League of Nations to-day decided unanimous. ly to set aside the Bunalan Soviet proposals of 1925,
FAMINE HORKORS
IN KANSU.
CHILDREN BEING EATEN IN MANY PLACES.
PROVINCE DOOMED.
Peking. Apr. 19. The China International Famine Relief Committee reports the receipt of pitifully-worded appeals from foreigners in the famine regions in Kansu, such us
"Is Kansu forgotten or its dis- tress under-estimated?.. Those who have been on the verge of slarvation since the last meagre harvest are not succumbing in krent numbers." This is from Lanchow,
日一十月三
COMMUNISTS LED
BY GIRLS.
EX-STUDENTS WITH RED TURBANS..
"REDS" LOOT AND KILL IN SWATOW DISTRICT,
IN PAR -ANIM
SINGLE "OOFY NOENTE
1929. Model T-10 G.M.O., Truck
Chassis bave a 6.cylinder Motor
which develops 58 "horse power. They have 4.wheel brakës, « apart
transmission, eto,
Chassis price..
H.K, $2,500,00
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.
Telephons Central 1246 or 1247.
33 Wenz No! Ching Road................ Happy Valley
Bulls and Inners
From the Office Butts.
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Election-nearing.
"SHm mon will prevail, accord- ៦ ០
Ing to fashion's dictum," says a The first topee. was noticed on writer in a men's wear journal. Monday last, crossing from Kow- The Ferry turnstiles may become loon in a southerly direction,. A popular after all. Peak collector has pointed out,..
O O however, that this was really only The local lawyer who appeared one of last year's.
-for both plaintiff and defendant reminds us of the Aberdonian who backed the pony both wayswin
00 "Ducks" may be expected for a shorts season, although they are and lose. not considered good "bags" In the'
TROOPS ON THE MOVE. Peak district.
more
gaberdonian."'
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A correspondent hazards, the
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Of course, it must be distinctly opinion that lots of these eyes on understood that a man who wears the ferry are not so black as they
abordine, is not necessarily a should be pasted!
A good name for the pillion The annual transfer of the seat-buggage-carrier. -
from the Kowloon La Happy
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A Kowloon man.an being re-
That's the worst of these wide once, explained that he was only exhausted after along walk.
Nanking, Apr. 19. Mr. Hamilton informed the pu- The gigantic aviation pro-lice that the burglary must have
Swalow, Apr. 16. gramme of the Nationalist Govern- been perpetrated between midnight
Further reports of the Com- ment, calling for the establishment and six o'clock this morning, and
munist raid on Liu-ng, the market of regular air-mall services all be strongly suspects a discharged
Chaochowiu, show that after en- town on the Han River, above over the country, in making huenboy, for whom the police are visible progress.
now searching. :
The Rev. Mr. Simpson, cabling tering the place and extensively: Entrance to the house was galin. was announced this after-
Lord Cushendun, the leading from Minchow, Kansu, says: looting it, they left on the approach noon that the State Council hased through a window on the ground British delegate, said that in his "Tell everybody that Kansu is of troops of the 2nd Brigade, sent Shield approved the signing of a contract door, and the fact that the thieves judgment, the Commission was doomed. Moslem rebels have dep from Chnochowfu, These re Football Clubhouse between the China National Avia- were able to steal much property new beginning serious business. vastated South and West Kanau, munis, in which, with the Con- Valley, and back again, is dus 10 buked. for being under the influ tion Corporation, for las proves that they had an intimate started its work by a discussion Government Eighty per contand taken prisoner, after which the Shall we gather at the fountain? tion Corporation, formed by the without disturbing the household He recalled that the Commission and they have been followed by munists, in which ten of the rebels take place this afternoon.
were killed, and as many
00: knowledge of the inner arrange of two draft conventions submit destroying, Eighty per cont, of Communist force withdrew into President, and an American firm menis af the house. entitled the American Aviation:
led by the British and French dethe population are without food or the hills of Fungshun again. Early Exploration Incorporated.
this morning Mr.legation.
If Potter can hole out in one, seeds. There is no grain for anle
It appears that they had Hamilton's house-boy found the A grad mereuro of agreement Children are being enten in many originally planned an attack on the
On a hole he has burely begun; dining room in
His driver's a puttor of was reached upon those conven- places."
district city, which might have confusion and
Missionaries state that 300 are been ensier owing to a perennial then tions. There was however, ayçer-
So utterly utter, discovered that a large quantity of
dying daily in Lanchow, despite feud between the city and, the aur- silver ware and other articles were
94021AATEIN BHEEMDEREN
the fact that private relief is rounding villages; but they found missing including a wrist watch and
feeling thousands daily. 1
the city held too strongly, passed some clothes.
Another telegram saysTheit, and, dividing into two sections, need in desperate. In many raided Vong-kim market, and then places, people are too weak to the river town. bury their dead."-Reuter.
Ten Year Contract, The contract is a lengthy and somewhat complicated one, and the American afrcraft firm undertakes to establish air routes in various parts of China, operating the services under the direction of the China National Aviation Corpora- tion.
The contract is for ton” years, terminating in 1939, and specifica that the American Aviation Ex- ploration, Inc., will establish within six months, air mail routes between Hankow and Canton, between Hankow, Nanking and
a
it
slate Was
Mr. Hamilton Immediately re- parted the matter to the police, who are making investigations.
CHILDREN HELP MINERS.
Shanghai, and between Nanking OVER $100 FROM "PILGRIM'S and Peking.
American Planes and Pilots. The operating company will employ American equipment, and pilots, while it also under. takes
to
PROCRESS" PLAY,
KOWLOON EFFORT.
establish Aviation The latest addition to the Fund Schools for the purpose of train- for the relief of distress amongst ing Chinese an nir pilots up to the British miners and their families standard required for the opera is a sum of $110 rained by the pro- tion of air mull services.
ceeds of the children's play, "The Pilgrim's Progress," recently given
It is expected that the American by the St. Andrew's Church Young Aviation Exploration, Inc, will bring to China immediately, about People's Service.
twenty machines and about twenty- In forwarding this money, Mrs. five fully qualified air-mall pilots. H. Hunt, the Superintendent, and mechanics. The numbers states that the price of admission will be added to appreciably once the schemes are under way.
NEW ATTACK ON LAND SPEED RECORD.
Captain Malcolm Campheff Trying To-day.
EXCITEMENT IN TRIAL.
Verneukpan, Apr. 19. Captain Malcolm Campbell will attempt to beat Major Segrave's world's motor speed record to-morrow, following a trial run over the expecial course with which Captain- Campbell expressed the great- est satisfaction.
Ife achieved a speed of 216 miles an hour, which is 8 m.p.h. less than the record of the "Golden Arrow."
One hitch occurred. While travelling at full speed, the car struck n bump.and took à fy- ing leap, traveling through the air for thirty feet,--Reuter,
LELBUKIT BENGAÍNAI Or
+
AIRMEN.
More Lanting.
That his potting and putting
are one!
General Election speeches are to We read that some of the be made into gramaphone records. This should enable voters to hear both sides.
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One way to slop war in China in to
They looted another place on the LOST AUSTRALIAN way, Phanthien, and killed over twenty people there. In Liu-ng, there was little loss of life, as the people had warning of the attack compel every and hid in the hills.
Chinese soldier salute There is a story that among the to Communists are a number of girl | offieer at least ex-students. A countryman lying once each day. hid in the country bordering the [area_controlled by the Communists
HOPES OF RESCUE ARE NOW RAPIDLY FADING
ORGANISED SEARCHES.lifted up his eyes and saw a strange
Sydney, Apr. 19. Hopes of discovering the lost Jairmen, Lieut. Keith Anderson and his pilot, Robert Hitchcock, who have been missing in the wilds of Western Australia for eight or Infne days, are rapidly fading.
been
an
If this hot sight-a procession advanced led weather con. by twenty girls!
tines, what are you going to wear at the garden party?
They were divided into three Companies. All had turbans of red cloth; the clothing of the first company was slashed with green stripes, of the second with yellow, and of the third with grey.
People at Home will soon be taking an interest in the Vote Race.
roads.
O'D One of life's compensation- public car driver, robbed.
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The belling tax was a hopeless
front:
It really wasn't worth the cost-- A fact which "Winnie": frankly
owns,
So now he'll try to tap the
phones!
"Women, in my opinion, are different then they used to be."
"How's that?"
"There's my daughter, for instance--she's taking ap law, whereas her mother always lays it down!!
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the Old
Country losing its spirit? Mr. Churchill
aays people are drinking more
ica
and less nicohol.
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There may be no measles in Hongkong, but there still ro- main a few bad spots for all that.
In the opinion of Chinese curio dealers, decay is O.K.
Another local merger is indicat- ed-the Water Department and the Royal Observatory,
Natural history noto:--Pure
Armed With Revolyers....
All of then were armed with They went out In search of the good revolvers.. missing Southern Cross fllers on Behind them came a large rabble was only 30 centa, en that the sum
April 7th, and failed to turn up of the countryside. The 'country-
Apparently the Shanghai store- procured was very satisfactory,
al Wyndham after leaving Newman, who could not conceive of keepers consider the majority of She adds the children WON Aerodromes Free.
pleased to have the opportunity oftain amount of disagreement, and castle Waters on Apr. 10. Nothing girls armed for fighting, thought residents are doggone crazy.
០ ០ The China National Aviation assisting in raising money for the disagreement centred on a few has been heard of them since, that he must be "seeing thines.”
.But one of the features of the though Captain Kingsford Smith's points of very grond importance.
At a conservative estimate, and These Chinese in Manila seem Corporations agrees
such a deserving cause." under the
R In the following year, there was | party The excellence of the result of
located and Communist movement is contract to supply all the sure this little effort is certainly most
the without any attempt to labour the to be going at it hammer and fascination an adjournment to give an oppor- † rescued. -
that it has for girl point, we should say that the tongs. dromes which may be regarded as gratifying, and we
students, and this aspect is fre-forthcoming, general election is
口口 desire to extunity for discussions and, if
Eight aeroplanes have been quently commented on by Chinese going to be marked by a very necessary.
press thanks to all who in any way possible, an arrangement regard-arzaged in the past week in an abservers. Whether the country liberal outpouring of rhetorie. The contract is hailed at gigantic step forward in establish success at it was.
assisted to make the producthin theing the disagreement which had intensive search for Anderson and man aaw what he describes or not,
arisen in relation
口口 to naval fitchcock, fat their scouring of it is good Communist propaganda ing the much-need improvement of This now brings the sim so far disarmament..
the immense and practically un- to be going round the countryside. raphi communications in China. received by the Telegraph 16 Unhappily, the efforts had inhabitated area in which the mis- The scene is as picturesque as a
It is believed that, the National $7,580, and £2.168.
not hitherto been successful, but bap is thought to have occurred, conic evora: in a Government lu now planning to The local Fund is being definite outside the Preparatory Commis
Melting in the sign through the Chinn Nationally closed on the 20th instant, and sion, the leading naval Powers
has so far proved fruitless.
bills it would be as effective na, an Aviation Corporation, similar con-we would again appeal to all who that signed the agreement at tracts with other American avia-Intended helping to send in their Washington had actually effected Llun interests, providing for the contribuifans without delay,
a large and important measure establishment of air-mail routes
The Home Government is sub-both of reduction and limitation. eribing to the Lord Mayor'a Fund
Land and Air.
He suggested that, in view of
in other parts of the country.
No Monopolies,
on a £ for £ basis, so that every $5 sent from Hongkong means an að-
The machines now engaged in the quest are to be joined at once by five aeroplanes of the Austra- lian Air Force and the organised" search is to be continued with this extra assistance.
It is planned that inland bases and Flora Valley-Reuter.
It appears from the form of thedition of 21 to the Fund. The op this progress the Commission shall be established at Wave Hill contract, and it is definitely portunity for helping will not long should proceed with the other understood, that the Nationalmain, as the Fund closes on the branch of the subject, namely, Government is carefully avoiding Hongkong will be cabled Home on land and air.
30th fast, and the final draft from limitation as applied to forces by anything vorging on
monopoly the 29th.
He had no doubt the naval difficulties would be overcome.
and keeping unhampered control.
They are merely contracting with the Americans. The Ameri-
can Aviation Exploration, Inc., GENEVA CONFERENCE
will, operate, the afr services under
the direction of the Chinese,
China on its own account.
An Aircraft Factory.
ed.
SUCCEEDS.
COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY
BUPPRESSION.
It is also learned that the State Council has approved another contract with the American Ávir- tion Exploration, Inc., under which the China National Avia- tion Corporation
Geneva, Apr. 19. granis the
The conference which has been American frm the privilege of operating passenger and freight discussing the question of the services throughout the whole of suppression of counterfeit cur- rency has concluded its laboura. A draft convention has been adopt The A.A.E. In also granted the
The Indian and the Chines privilege of manufacturing aero- delegates agrood to the draft con- planes and aircraft equipment invention with reservations are China, in connoxion with which it gards the question of extradition. is understood that the Curtiss Router. Robertson interests, who control the A.A.. Inc., plan to form an American Corporation under the China Trade Act, capitalised at seven millions of dollars (gold) for the specific purpose of manu- facturing aeroplanes in China.
SUMMER-TIME
AN HOUR'S LESS SLEEP ON SUNDAY.
As announced recently, the China National Aviation Corporation has beon capitalised by the Govern-
.. London, Apr, 10, ment at $10,000,000, and it is part Summer-time comes into force of the Curtiss contract that half in England at 2 am, on Sunday of this sum shall be invested by when clocks will be placed forward them-Reuter.
Tan hour. -Reiter,
On the subject of limitation by land and air, he confessed the British Government was keenly zealous to arrive at some definite measure of agreement which would permit the opening of the Disarmiamont Conference. He, him-
KOWLOON HIGHWAY
ROBBERY..
FOOTPADS WHO POSED ·
AS DETECTIVES.
Kwok Ping-yau, an engineer re-
self, had been very impatient, and siding at 159, Reclamation Street, sometimes inclined to feel a little last night when he was held up by was the victim of highway robbery
that had been made. exasperated at the slow progress two men who stole articles worth
The British Government were prepared to make great sacrifices In order to reach the agreement that they desired.
Strong Views.
Commission had discussed various On former occasions, when the propositions, the British delega- tion, reprosented first by Lord Cecll, and afterwards by himself, had expressed strong views the many points in dispute.
"WC
un
Bill hold to those
"we sill hold that the principles
which we have expressed are the moat likely to lead to good results,
$15.
The engineer, states that in. Gascoigne Road at about 11.30 p.m. he was stopped by two men who interrogated him, stating that they
were police detectives. Thereupon he was acized by one him. of the men while the other robbed
FINNISH POLITICS,
SALARIES
Helsingfors, Apr. 19.
Idol proccasion.
Flourishing Movement.
Bun
IL
Police news:"Eight hundred
from helmets godown." Someone has a rooted
stolen
fear of sunstroke.
now make their annual migration -from the drying room to the refrigerator.
The query is:-Given Afty top hats and twice as many pairs of A O
spats in the Colony, how are they "Lost:In Nathan Rousi, Kow to go round on the same after- loon, white crepe-de-chine frack noon? and plece mauve crepe," Bays n
A
Since the Pungshiun Communists local advertisement. It is under- The week's gem from a cantem- were being attacked not only from stood that it was absent-mindedly Chaochowfu, but also from thrown away instead of a bus likely that that particular force tleket.
Thongkhang, by the military, it is
will be dispersed and scatter into the villages.
porary "If he is in Canton at ali and not, na some have said, h Hongkong, Mr. Fung Chuk-man, the Finance Minister for, Kwang-
"Reader:"-Boston is noted for tung Province, is rellably stated The movement, however, still its boots and shoes. On the other to have been placed under a mild flourishes to the west of the district, hand, Chicago in apted for its degree of supervision or lieten- tion." We understand that if he and there is continual pressure on shoots and booze,
is in neither place, the reliability the villages bordering the district
of the statement is even mpro emphatic!
to join it. As appeals for military
"John:"As a schoolboy once
nid are generally heard only after remarked, the King's pardon je
triplets.
a village has been attacked, the what you get when you have Mr. Winston Churchill has de- temptation to join and avoid im mediate trouble is considerable, and so the snowball grows.—Our Own
·Correspondent.
NATIVE RIGHTS IN EAST INDIES.
HOLLAND GIVES MAJOKITÝ ON PEOPLE'S COUNCIL.
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elded to abalish the Betting Tax.. The tax on punters' credulity is Interviewed, Mr. MacWhirter to remain. had no particular views on bathing beaution.
This, he hastened to add, was due to the fact that he has never bathed any.
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This week's cfneinu sub-title:
"Babo" Ruth is to marry again. He seems to have made another big hit.
The Conservatiyes desire to re- "She had a head like a door knob; duce unemployment, but apparent-
ly they cannot Budget.
anyone could turn it."
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The Balemin cartoon is yet to visitor The Hague, Apr. 19.
be drawn depicting a constitution of the Dutch East his own fire escape.
An important change in the arriving at Blake Pier carrying Indies is likely to come into opera-
ВО Hon very shortly as the result of
Optimism:-The schoolboy who a Bill, just introduced to the First on speech day promises to do his Chamber, and approved by 29 best for the coming generation. ; votes to 16.
The BI provides for the re-
"Hongkong Hotel Bus. Stope." saya Telegraph heading. Whaffor?
"Bridge' Mado Easy" may be all right, but what most players want is some method of making thefi debt payments feas diMcult. ́*
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The fact that the "Ironsides". The Duke of Melrose:--What are again appearing in the pleture opinions," Lord Cuthendun added, DIET REFUSES TO INCREASE vision of the constitution of the a man do better than placing seems to suggest that they're not People's Council of the Dutch
so rusty.. fearful odds? East Indies in several ways, the
10:0 | most important change being that
The Government Radio will soon Aman was caught Belling from now on, natives, Europeana, but on the other hand, while The President has dissolved the Oriental races and foreigners, broadcast noises Illustrative of lizards last Wednesday. holding to those views, we Diet owing to its refusal to vote will have equal rights of repre- local life. The first spasm will be weren't of the lounge variety. recognise that this branch of the credits to increase the salaries of sentation.
microphoned from a street foun- subject is not that in which we Government employees. A The present European majority tain in Wyndham Street,
A local radio enthusiast who have the moet interest
New elections will take place on will, therefore, disappear in
saw the beading, "Gandhi" Set (Continued on Page 18.) July 1st-Router.
Mikkan favour of the native Reuter, Looks as if the "I'm Alona'! Free", was disappointed when he
They