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VIGOROUS LABOUR THE NAVY'S OFFER K. O. S. B. COLONEL PRESS MAGNATE'S PEAK TRAMWAYS STATE OPENING OF SENSATIONAL NEW
BEGINNING.
TO HONGKONG.
CREATING MINISTER OF EMPLOYMENT.
MR. ARTHUR HENDERSON AS FOREIGN SECRETARY.
TWO VESSELS TO AID IN THE
WATER PROBLEM.
LIGHTER AND A TUG.
The Telegraph learns officially this morning that owing to the serious nature of the walor shortage in Hongkong, the local naval authorities have offered to loin 1.M. tug "Cherub" and the.
INDIA OFFICE FILLED? off-lighter C408 to the Hongkong
London, June" 6.
Government.
It is stated that the offer has
QUESTIONED.
A NEW SYSTEM" OF
ACCOUNTS.
CHANGE MADE SINCE START OF COURT MARTIAL.
DEFENCE QUERIES.
HUGE FORTUNE,
THE LATE SIR H. HARMWORTH
LEAVES £1,443,000.
FREE SCHOLARSHIPS.
London, June 6, Uuder the will of, the late Sir Hilderbrand Iarmsworth, a big sum will be available for free scholarships to Merton Colege, Oxford.
The late Sir Hilderbrand Harms- In cross-examination this marn-worth, who was formery proprie-
RECEIPTS.
PARLIAMENT.
AFFECTED BY MOTOR] COMPETITION.
'.
QUEEN MAY READ SPEECH FROM THRONE.
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MAY BECOME CENTUATED IN THE FUTURE.
THE ANNUAL MEETING.
Presiding at the annual sharo-
COURT SUGGESTIONS.
London, June 7.
YORK COUP.
INTERNATIONAL GANG OF BOOTLEGGERS.
FRENCH COUNT & 19 OTR PRINCIPALS ARRESTED;-
The Daily News understands that His Majesty the King, by rea- son of his illness, will not be pro- sent at the State opening of MANY DRAMATIC RAIDS Parliament on July 2nd,
New York, June 6, New York prohibition agents
has been discussed in Court
In this connexion, a suggestion
The Labour Government seems been pinced before the special ing by the ofleer defending Major to of The Globe, and who was a holders' meeting of the Peak Tram to be beginning well. Its first committee, under the elinirman Ogilvy, who is facing a Court brother of the late Lord Northways Co., Ltd., this morning, Mr. circles that Her Majesty the Queen have 'to-day carried out a coup of task will be the tackling of the un-hip of Mr. E. W. Carpenter, which Martial on charges of negligence Jejifle and of Lord Rothermere, left Henry Humphreys referred to the should read His Majesty's Speech ja most sensational nature, dealing.
to
is dealing with the problem of while acting as President of the no less a sum than £1,443,000. employment problem and Mr. Ram-emergency measures.
Regimental Institute, Lieut. Col. He left one-tenth of his estate which, he said, had no doubt affect-
effects of motor car competition, from the Throne,
it is suggested, the biggest blow sny MacDonald is commencing by
L. J. Comyn stated that since the to. Merton College, Oxford, to ed traffic receipts to some extent. of Lords, with the Prince of Wales the passing of the Volstead Act.
The Queen will attend the House at bootlegging administered since Needless to say, the offer.has Court Martial proceedings started create free scholarships. creating an entirely hew Ministry, been gratefully accepted, and H.M.
He added that this competition, as escort, and if Her Majesty it had been decided to put into
A noteworthy condition of the would probably become more ac prefers not to read the Speech, the to be entrusted with the work of tug "Cherub" will be used for the
force a new system with regard scholarships is that they will be centuated when May Road is open-task would be undertaken by a purpose of bringing water from finding a solution.
outside the Colony, while the pur accounts. He did not now think who are Protestanta and whose
the operation of Company available only for British subjects fed up for motor traffic,
.Commissioner.. pose to which the lighter is lo be that the old system was a good
Reference was also made to var It will be recalled that a Com put is still under consideration.
ous track insprovements, and it was mission to transact affairs of State In all probability it will be used, and hoped the new one would
be fool-proof.
tated that all works coming ander on the King's behalf was appoint capital charges have now beened at the end of last year." The completed, and no further expen: Commissioners include: The diture in this councxion is expect-Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Prime Minister-Renier.
Umallein! forecasts regarding Mr. MacDonald's Cabinet agree in stating that the Rt. Hon. Mr. J. II. Thomas will be given this im-as a storage tank. That is to say, portant duty. lle will not be in the event of the storage tanks Minister of Labour, but will hold on the. Praya being unable to the new office to be treated, accommodate the water required for general purposes, the lighter Minister of Employment.
will be moored alongside the Prayn wall to take on additional supplies for the public.
The Ministry of Labour will be
retained as a separate office.
The Foreign Secretary,
Mr. J. H. Thomas has been fre- quently named as the Foreign Secretary, but it is now definitely stated that Mr. Arthur Henderson, who was Home Secretary in 1924, ; will be the new Labour Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
Mr. J. H. Thomas has been
ALLEGED FRAUD
WOMAN.
Col. Comyn was questioned with At the opening of the Court,
regard to payments Into Company and said that when Corporal Hendry arrived in the Battalion he had a fair knowledge
secounts
of the duties of P.R.I. clerk, but there were variations of his duties. He agreed that monies BY cinema, memorial funds and in paid in as subscriptions for the
HIRED SEWING MACHINE MISSING,
selected as Minister of Employ- A report has been recojyed ly
connexion with stock were the monies of the men and therefore it was the duty of a Company Com- mander to pay to the P.R.E men's money.
Major Miles ould the accused was being charged with negligence in his duties as P.R.I. and he
understanding of the system in operation in the Battalion.
ment because he has definite plans the police of app wanted the Court to have a proper of his own for dealing with the on a Chinese short which beg problem, some of which he out-business in the renting of sewing lined in some of his speeches machines at No. 643. Shanghai during the election campaign. Street, Yaumati.
Voluntary Payments.
In reply to further questions, Col. Comyn said the payments named, were all voluntary pay-
According to a statement by the manager, a Chinese woman, who gave her name as Lee Lin and her
+45 699, Reclamation ments. The men received their Street, came, to the shop on Tues
Unemployment Problems. Hallway reorganisation and de- velopment is one of them. Mr.address Thomas believes that the revival of the Trade Facilities Act would enable the guilway companies, to undertake schemes for electrical employment and other methods of modernisation which they
are procluded from embarking upon at present owing to their inability to raise loans on sufficiently advan tageons term8.
1
He has indicated, too, the neces« sity for a new railway ring around London to overcome the delay, iu- conventence, and cost of carting goods across London from depot to another.
one
When,
1992:
SLIGHT FALL OF RAIN RECORDED.
Not Quite Tenth of Inch in 24 Hours
MORE SHOWERS LIKELY,
There has been a slight but welcome fall of rain this morning, the total registered at the Royal Observatory for the 24 hours ended. nt noon being 09-inch. There have, however, been showers since. At present, the outlook seems to promise: some fur- ther rain, as the forecast for the. 24 hours ending at noon to- morrow is "Cloudy, showery."
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ed for some considerable time.
effected in the space of a few A series of dramatic raids were hours, during which time the Prohibition officials gathered into their net all the alleged principals of an alleged international liquor syndicate which has been operat Ing in the United States for montha past with a capital of millions of dollars.
Count de Polignac.
Chairman's Speech, Addressing the shareholders, the. Chairman sald: Gentlemen, The report and statement of accounts FORGERY CHARGE NOT| Pollgnne. The officfals are doubt-
having been in your hands for the past nine days, I propose to adopt the usual procedure and take them as read,
PROVED.
DOCUMENT NOT PROMISSORY|
NOTE.
41
During the year under review, the replacement of the old 35 lb. rails was completed for the full length of the track. This new At the Kowloon Magistracy this work included the straightening morning, Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith out of the curve at the passing diamissed the charge of ultering place, the laying of new points a forged promissory note which and the erection of a new points was preferred against a Chinese house with more up-to-date operat- who was alleged to have obtained ing mechanism which was made the sum of $700 on the document entirely in our own workshop. which purported to
The most sensational of the ar- rests is that of a French count, giv ing the name of Count Maxence de
ful whether he is entitled, to the rank he claims, but the so-called Count was arrested in a most luxur- ious suite in a fashionable New York hotel.
Raida were carried out in eight. other places, and nineteen other alleged principals of the liquor ring. on whom the Prohibition agents have been keeping a close watch for some time, have been placed in custody.
nate any further expenditure in plainant that there had been no premises. voluntary subscriptions being and great-grandfather are,
* Fifth Avenue Headquarters.
The headquarters of the. bear his syndente were &tuated on The whole of this work was father's signature.
Fifth Avenue, New York'a carried out by our own ataif Detective Inspector Fallon In-Park Lano, and when the without serious interruption to the formed his Worship that he had place was surrounded and rafdød
by fifty Prohibition agents, thou capital charges have now service. All works coming under no further evidence to offer.
been His Worship, in discharging the sands of pounds worth of smuggled or completed, and we do not antici- defendant, pointed out to the com-wines and spirits were found on the
this conuexion for some consider-evidence of fraud and that her The officer In charge of Is it the correct system for the The scholarships will be of very ablo time.
remedy was to take civil action. the raiding
party, Bald voluntary subscriptions from the ment of death duties, it would Company Commander 10 paus considerable value, as, after pay-
The document was not stamped Ап Interview that the syndi Motor Competition.
and was not therefore a pronile-cate operated like a big busineĄK men of his Company to the regi-appear that a net sum of about mental funds of the P.R.T. In cash 190.000 will be available to endow receipts show a falling off of
concern with anlesmen and office Turning to the accounts, traffic wory note.
staffs complete. The delivery or not? Not in cash because of them, giving them an annual value $4,581.59, and the net profit a
system was remarkable in its the inconvenience.
of about £500 each.—British Wire-decrease of $1,579.54, un compared
organisation.
and Protestants.
pay from the Interest Account, the parents and paternal grandfather day and took away a sewing ma-collected by the Company Com- were, both British-born subjects chine on the usual terms. Inter, a call was made at the ad-mander at the pay desk. dress given, for the purpose of collecting hire-money, the wo was not to be found there.
The value of the machine given as $80.
EXCITING LANDING BAGDAD STREET.
EXPERIENCE.
Will you agree that in this Bat-less. INtalion the P.I.I. would not receive cash-Normally, no. There were exceptions made for very small
Another scheme which Mr.FRENCH AIRMEN'S THRILLING Thomas has put forward is that of making more adequate state pen-, sion provision for men of, sixty or sixty-five so as to remove them altogether from industry, thus
Calcutta, June 6
Suma.
That was because he had re-. eived instructions not to receive cash? That is so.
Those instructions would be, is- sued by the Commanding Officer?
The French airmen, Arrachart-YeR.
and Rignot have arrived at Calcutta The Judge Advocate: You
COMMDR. EVA BOOTH'S ACCIDENT.
SERIOUS. INJURY. TO THE RIGHT EYE.
.
with the previous year. Ax regards, traffic receipts, there is no doubt we have been affected to
some extent by motor car com. petition, which will probably be- come more accontuated when May. Road is opened up for motor traffic,
“CAT"" BURGLAR SENTENCED.
OFFENCE DESCRIBED AS VERY SERIOUS.
Long Hunt Completed,
The Count is described as the European agent of the syndicate, which is largely financed by Americans, and it is oficially stated that Prohibition agents have been trying to capture him A "eat burglary" was described for years. As regards the very big increase as a very serious form of theft by The arrested men are liable to under the heading Stations Lease- Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith, at the five years' Imprisonment and fines holda and Buildings, amounting | Kowloon Magistracy this morn- of $10,000, providing work for younger men at on their fight to the Far East, can't say whether the instructiona
Hartsdale, June 6. to $246,790.95, I would remark that ing, when a Chinese was charged The news a the coup comes present unemployed. His plan is So far they have covered 6,000 wore the instructions of yourself It la feared that the con- nearly the whole of this increase with larceny of two articles of simultaneously with a Washington, being pursued on the helief that miles in fifty-five flying hours and or those of your predecessor?-sequences of the motor accident In la due to sundry items, viz., upper clothing from No. 30. Tai Nam message stating that President saving on unemployment relief the only mishap was a forced land- can't say without reference to my which Commander Evangeline terminus, reconstruction lower Street,
Hoover has recommended to Con. would go a long way towards Ing under very exciting circum-records. meeting the cost of larger penstances, their plane alighting in a witness agreed that the Company thought likely.
Booth was recently involved, will terminus, car shelter lower ter- It was stated by, Sub-Inspector greas the appointment of a Select In reply to further questions, be more serious than was at firat minus, engine house, Inland Lot Hoare that the defendant was ar Committes to study the question of Bagdad street.
2306 Bowen Road and workshop rested in possession of the cloth- a transfer of Prohibition Enforce- Interviewed to-day, the airmen into cheques, and, to the best of Commanders 'had to convert cash
The sight of the patient's right Lugard Road (formerly showning and, when questioned, took ment from the Treasury Depart- tha that they have no definite der his knowledge, every Company eye has been affected and she has separately), being included under the polies to the house from which ment to the Department of Justice. tination in the Far East, but they kept a banking account for difficulty in discerning objects this one heading, at the suggestion it had been stolen. He was stated He also recommends that Com- expect to travel to China and to Japan, returning to France via official revenue and unofficial ex-near at hand. Siberia and Germany.-Reuter,
sions. r
Economic Committee.
It is reliably stated that Mr. George Lansbury will be First Commissioner of Works, and in addition, will be a member of the special Economic Committee to be established by Mr. Ramany Mac- Donald under the chairmanship of Mr. Thomas, to co-ordinate the work of Government Departments, particularly in regard to unem- ployment.
Another Cabinet forecast in the appointment of Viscount Chelms- ford as Secretary for India, which is regarded as one of the most important Government portfolion,
Viscount Chelmsford,
ASSOCIATED PRESS PROMOTION.
EX-TOKYO
penditure.
Audit Question. Are those accounts audited by a Regimental Audit Board?-So far as I know they are not and have not been nudited by a Regi- mental Audit Board.
•
of the auditors.
to have climbed to the complain-mittee should be given a reference ant's floor and gained admission to go fully into all matters relat Increases Explained;
to the house through a window. |ing to the administration" of the The increase in electric haulage
His Worship said that a "cat Dry Laws. of $3,908.72 due burglary" was a very serious
ส
At the moment it, is impossible: for her to do any reading or writ- ing and all her engagements have been cancelled.-Reuter's American plant Service.
FRENCH WOMEN'S GOLF
CHAMPIONSHIP.
MISS MOLLY GOURLAY WINS COMFORTABLY.
With regard to the announce-
to workshop equipment, (formerly form of theft, but as the deferi- ment that Sir Esme Howard, the shown separately), being, at the dant had given the police every request of the auditors, Incorporat 18Bitance to find the owners, he ed-under this heading.. would only be sentenced to three
The inercase In parmanent way' weeks' hard labour. of $6,127,11 represents the final expenditure in connectou with the fattening of the curve at the peas- ing place and other items in cone nexion, with same, already referred
to
SHOWERY WEATHER.
The Royal Observatory reports
British Ambassador, has decided to sign no more requests from his staff for the importation of diplomatically Immune alcoholic liquors, it is stated that the Diplo. matie Corps is sharply divided. with regard to this question of exercising their diplomatic rights. Sir Esme Criticised.
CORRESPONDENT
I suggest that you have on more than one occasion had.con- FOR PARIS,
versation with certain of your officers with regard to this method Paris, June 6 Mr. Elmer Roberts, chief of the the P.It.1. and in connexion with of collecting money to be paid to Pafis Bureau of the Associated the desirability of having the ac Press has reached the age limit counts audited?-I cannot recall
I have no further remarks to that pressure is highest in the A few Diplomatic Missiona and is retiring on July 1st.
Boulogne, June 6. having discussed that with my Mr. Joseph Sharkey, who was officers.
The French Women's Open Golf make, gentlemen, and I now propose Pacific to the east of the Bonins which have recently become com- formerly Associated Press corres
Championship, was completed to that the report, and statement of The typhoon has passed into pletely "Dry" notably the Portu- are supporting Are you aware that on the evi-day, the holder Miss Molly Gour-accounts as presented be passed, the Pacific, leaving the secondary guese Legation, him.-Reuter,
acconded I shall be pleased to weak anticyclonic area is situated majority of the heads of the Mia- it has been the practice that proving successful. filled-in receipt
British lady, Mrs. anawer any questions, affecting over the lower- Yangtaze Valley,sions, led by the French Ambas- Another been sent with a cheque for payment to the Mayne, of Addington, also reached the accounts, to the best of my The forecast till noon to-morrow sador, are most outspoken and IES. W. winds, moderate; roundly criticise “Sir Esme's pro- count when his term expired. He DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, P.R.I. and that once the receipt the final, which was played off to ability.
This was seconded by Mr. F. W. cloudy; showery, has been signed by the P.R.I.. it day, over thirty-six holes, at Wimor- has been returned to the Comcux, Miss Gourlay winning by six Stapleton and was carried unani.
up and four to play-Reuter. pany?—Yes.
moualy.
Viscount Chelmsford has had a' distinguished career, and, in view
of the fact that he was for some pondont in Tokyo, is raplaclogdence produced before this Court lay, of Camberley Heath, ngafn When my resolution has been depression over. South Japan. A Sir Esme Howard, but the great
years Viceroy of India, he in an ideal man for the India · Office.
He held the Viceroyalty from 1916
to 1921, and was created a Vis-
had previously been Governor of Queensland (1905-09) and of New South Wales (1909-13). In the last Labour Government he was First Lord of the Admiralty.)
Special Interest attaches to the appointment as Viscount Chelms-
COLLAR-BONE MENDING
PERFECTLY.
Vancouver, June 6
The
When did you become aware of that faet?-It is the usual custom throughout all the regiments. In which I have served.
THE KING.
The Duke of Gloucester is pro-Once the receipt has been sign- ford played an important part ingressing very well after his acced and handed back to the bearer, the granting of the Montagu Re-dent on the polo field.' forms, the effect of which the broken collar-hone is knitting of the P.IL.I. as to what the money
SPENDS A GOOD DAY. there is no information in the office Simon Commission has been in- fectly, and It is anticipated that refers to?
London, June 6. vestigating-Reuter and British the Duke will resume his trate
ΣΕ WIA officially stated at The Judge Advocate-I don't Windsor Castle, this evening that Canada trip on his way home on think he can say that, because it His Majesty the King had spent a *June 10th-Reuter.
(Continued on Page 73 good day.—Reuter,
Wireless.
(Continued on Page 12.)
business Matters,
posals,
The Fronch 'winn merchants' have strongly protested against tora at a remuneration of $250, the proposals, fearing a loss of at each, on the proposition of Mr. | least G.$60,000 annually In their D. E. Clark, seconded by Mr.. W trade with the Embassies and On the proposition of the Chair Morley,
Buy Legations in Washington." man, seconded by Mr. D. Wilson, Directors supporting the Chair Mr. II, L. Stimson, the Secretary Sir Robert Ho Tung, Sir Elly Ka-man wore Mr. J. Scott Harston, of State, is issued a communique doorie, Mr. J. Scott Harston, Mr. Mr. R. G. Coxon and Mr. Lin which he emphasises that the 1. E. Coxon and Mr. L. J. Davies Davies. Also present were Mr. G. American Government does not were re-elected to the Board of Rapp (Secretary), and the follow-desire to restrict in any way the Directors,
ing shareholders:-Messrs. F. W. rights of the Diplomátic Body Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Stapleton, D. E. Clark, D. Wilson, with regard to the importation of Matthews and Messra, Linstead J. M. Wong, V, F. Soares, S. Fiquor-Reuter's American Ser- and Davis were re-elected audi-Chubb and W. Morley.
vice.