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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1929.
ARMED ROBBERYLATEST ELECTION
ATTEMPT.
ROBBERS VISIT QUARTERS OF
EUROPEAN HOUSE....
TWO CHINESE STABBED
The home of Mr. Yan, Goessan, on the third floor of No. 4; Gran- ville Road, Kowloon, was the scene of an attempted armed robbery which occurred at about 10 o'clock
RESULT.
LIBERALS EASILY HOLD SCOTTISH SEAT.
LABOUR LEADER READY TO FORM GOVERNMENT.
KWANGSI TROOPS
RETREAT.
TO MAKE A STAND NORTH OF WUCHOW.
CANTON INTENTIONS.
Cauton, June 4. According to military reports from the West River front, the Kwangs! troops after evacuating Wuchow have retreated to Sun- chow, which is a hundred miles to London, June 4the north. It appears that the The result of the election Kwangsi troops will make ʼn stand intentions upon an alarm being at the Orkney and Shet- at this point, with Nauning, the given. Before they escaped, they land Divisions was announced capital of Kwangsi, as their main
yesterday morning, during, his SEES THE KING TO-DAY,
absence...
Two Chinese, armed with knives, entered the servants' quarters but were compelled, to abandon, their
stabbed a Chinese mani
and
woman, who were in a room in the rear of the apartment,
An account. given at Police Headquarters, this morning, made! it apparout.that the would-be-rob-| bera had proceeded on their object with caution. One man first suc ceeded in obtaining admission by means of a ruse, but when told that the man whose name he gave was not employed there, he went away. A few minutes afterwards, ho returned with another man, and
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to-day. The sent was retained by base.
the Liberale, the voting being"" Defence preparations are being' Sir Robt, Hamilton (Lib.)...8,250.quickly carried out at Sunchow, a5 Major Spence (Con tiện .6,404.
well an at Liuchow, which make a 2,862. triangular connexion with Nan- Election,ning.
Liberal majority At the ft. General
Sir Robert Hamilton was returned
unopposed.
State of Parties,
Meanwhile it is Teported that the Nanking troops undar General Fan Shok-sang have advanced to
The state of the Parties is now Chaoping, and will join the Canton
it was then that they threw away as follows: all reserve and boldly proceeded about their business.
A young Chinese woman who, with her husband, were employed by Mr. Goessan at his home, was seized by the throat. She resisted and was stabbed in the back by the man who held her, with a knife. His companion at the same time attacked a male Chinese, who was on a visit to his nephew, the hus. band of the woman, and stabbed him in the hand when he also registed,
Scared by the din as the victims gave vent to cries for help, the two robbers were forced to give up the attempt and seek safety in an early flight. They vanished down the stairs into the street and were seen no more,
The police are Investigating the affair.
FORMER HONGKONG
STUDENT..
WINS ESSAY CONTEST AT HONOLULU.
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Labour
Conservative Liberal
Independent
287
265
58 ១
There are six results still to come.
Call'to Labour,
Mr. Baldwin's audience with the King, at which he tendered his re- signation, lasted for little more than half an hour..
forces at Wuchow.
According to official circles, the Canton forces will not advance any further but will concentrato at Wuchow for the time being.
Admiral Chan Chak's naval forces have also enterod Wuchow, while Generals Yang Ting-fel and Yu Chok-park left for the West River front this morning, taking with them large sums of money for the victorious › troops.-Nam
it is understood that Mr. Ram-Chung Po. any MacDonald will go to Windsor Castle to morrow, it being thought inadvisable that the King should bear the strain of a second Inter- view to-day.
Mr. MacDonald will be prepared to accept an invitation to form a Ministry, and by the end of the week it is expected that a Labour Government will be installed for the second time in British history.
Considerable progress, it is stated,
has already been made by Mr. Mac Donald with the selection of Labour Ministers.--British Wireless,
EUROPEAN ASSAULT
CHARGE.
NEITHER PARTY APPEARS
IN COURT.
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Magistracy this morning, of an
alleged incident which took place AT THE
Mr. MacDonald Summoned.
at the Kowloon Hotel on the even- Loudon, Jung 4. ing of May 31, involving two Mr. Baldwin tendered his
re- Europeans. Charles North, the signation to the King at Windsor. complainant, charged Edwin Page Mr.MacDonald has been sum-Smith, master mariner, with
to-morrow."
Students prepared. in Hongkong for higher education abroad ap-moned; and proceeds to Windsor assault. pear to be doing well, and Yat Kai-lee, well-known all-round athlete and a former student of Ying Wah College, has given a good account of himsef at Hono- lulu, reflecting credit on his old
training in English.
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When the summons was called, Mr. Baldwin's Call. ́. neither party appeared and his Worship was informed by Mr. D.. The first person meet Ogilvie, Magistrate's clerk, that Mr. Baldwin
on his arrival at the summons had not been served Windsor Castle WAS Princess Elizabeth, in a pale green dress
on the defendant, but that was no
school where he had his primary and white socks and a straw hat reason why the complainant should | She had just "taken the salute" not have appeared. The Manager Yat Kai-lee, now a senior at the from the King's gaard, in accor. of the Kowloon Hotel had tele- Iolani School, In Honolulu, has dance with her usual habit when phoned the Magistracy to say that been given a first prize award by the band plays during the change the summons, which had been left the American Chemical Society in of guard, The Guardsmen In with him, could not be served on un essay contest in the Territorial their benraking and red conts stood the defendant, a, since the inci- dent, he had not returned to the Division sponsored by the Society, to attention with fixed bayonets,
Mr. Baldwin was awaited by one Hotel, although he was still a The award includes a certificate, a twenty-dollar gold piece and two of the King's accretaries at the resident.
The Manager of the Hotel was congratulatory letters, one from main entrance to the Castle, and the Chemical Society and the ather after a short conversation the two informed that if the complainant.
'Again' encountered the from Mr. and Mrs. Franels Garven, Princess with her nurac. Mr. should appear and apply for a re little desired to press the charge, he donor of the prizes, Lee's topic Baldwin gravely took off his hat mand. It was possible, added the was "The Relation of Chemistry to and bowed to the Princess, who chief clerk, that the complainant Agriculture." It was considered smilingly responded.
had not been informed. the best submitted by the contes- The Premier then entered the tants from the Territories of Castle and was received by. Lord
His Worship adjourned the sum- Hawail and Alaska,
Stanfordham and conducted to the mons until this afternoon, pending communication with the complain- The essay will be submitted to King's bedroom, where he briefly
ant. the national contest which will be and formally tendered his resigna- held some tivne in July. The first tion,.-Reuter,.- prize award for this contest is a four-year scholarship either at Yale, Vasear or other institution. Tuition fees and $500 per year are included in the schoolarship.
Lee is a native of Hongkong and a former student at Ying Wah College. He was a basketball star of the Iolani team, it is of in-Secretary.
A Cabinet Forecast.
London, June 4. A forecast of Mr. MacDonald's new Government, from usually. well-informed quarters, indicates the following:
Mr. J. I Thomas, Foreign
Mr. Philip Snowden, Chancellor terest to mention that the head- master of Ying Wah College at of the Exchequer. Hongkong was an old Honolulu boy before his going to America
Lord Chbf Justico Sankey, Lord Chancellor':
to study at the University of for India. Oregon,
Lord Olivier, Secretary of State Major Allee, Secretary of State
Yat Kai-lce intends to take up for War. agriculture and chemistry at the' University of Hawaii this autumn. Admiralty,
AUSTRALIAN STRIKE NOW ENDED.
TIMBER MILLS REOPENED AT LAST,
Melbourne, June 4
The owners are satisfied with
Mr. Lees Smith, First Lord of the
..
Lord. Thomson, Secretary of
Stute for Air.
INDIAN CONSTABLE - REPROVED.
AFTER GIVING IRRELEVANT EVIDENCE IN COURT.
"Put him
the report!" Hamilton ejaculated Mr. E. W. at the Central Police Court, this
referring morning, in Indian policeman.
Mr. Hamilton disapproved of the conduct of a Sikh policeman who, in bringing a charge against
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young Chinese of uttering trade cries within a prohibited area, gave irrelevant evidence of the man's having hawked without
a licence.
Mr. Arthur Henderson or Dr. Hugh Dalton, Home Secretary.
The defendant was discharged, Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Minister
Health, with Miss Susanwhile, the Inspector in charge, of Lawrence, as his, Parliamentary the case noted the Instruction of
the Magistrate, Secretary.
uf.
Mr. J. B. Clyucs, Lord Privy Scal,--Reuter.
HOLLAND.
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After a protracted strike, the timber mills have reoponéd aud several hundred mon are now working..
SCOTLAND DEFEATS
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The reopening was not marked by
any untoward incident, despite the
of presence pickets at each mill,
numerous Unfou
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CANING ORDERED BY
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