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TO LEAVE AT THE END OF JULY.
MORE GOVERNMENT LEADERS APPOINTED.
UNDER-SECRETARIES.
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ALLEGED POSTAL FRAUDS.
YOUNG PORTUGUESE IN THE DOCK.
BOY AND GIRL WHO CANNOT BE TRACED.
REWARDS OFFERED.
REGISTERED LETTERS.
Police Hendquarters to-day ACCUSED OF THEFT OF MANY issued two circulars, offering re- wards for the recovery of two children of Portuguese nationality) who are stated to have disappeared from their homes in the Colony.
A reward of $100 is offered for BIG SUM INVOLVED. information leading to the recovery of Arthur Frederick Gutierrez, aged 8 years, who was living with his pelatives at No. 34, Pilken Streit, ground Hoor.
Yumati, before he disappeared on April 17th. When
last seen, he was dressed in grey cotton clothing.
The missing bay is described as being of stout build and of medium height, and speaks Chinese only.
Massina Benelecto, a 15-year-old girl is reported in the other circular as being missing since May 26 Looking older than her years
sion of postal documents and of Charges of fraudulent conver- the theft of several sealed mail packages, one containing 10,000 yen, were preferred agabat Jose Mariano de Sousa, a young. Portu- guese, formerly employed at the Hongkong General upon his appearance, in police cus- Post Office, tody, before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Central Police Court to- day.
FIRST MEETING TO BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON.
WHO MEMBERS ARE.
The Water Supply Committee, which has been appointed to deal with measures necessitated by the present crisis, is holdhigita frat meeting in the Legislative Council: Chamber this afternoon at 4
bors on the Committee, these be- o'clock. In all, there are 38 mem-
ing representative of all sections of the community.
of the Committee, whilat Mr. H. S.
Mr. D. Tratman in the Chairman. Rouse is the Secretary.
MARTIAL
REQUEST TO REMAIN....
REFUSED.
ALSO COPY OF JUDGE'S STATEMENT.
MAJOR'S EVIDENCE.
Comyn that he should be allowed A request by Lieut.-Col. L J. to be present on a spectator was
refused when the General Court Martial hearing charges against Scottish Borderers, was resumed Major Ogilvy, of the King's Own
this morning.
The Court sat shortly after ten o'clock, but was closed almost im- mediately for a certain point to be considered. At this time Lient. Col. Comyn was in Court and he
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ENGLAND'S FIRST TEST TEAM.
NINE OF THE AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS.
HOBBS UNFIT TO PLAY,
London, June 11, England's team for the First Test Match against South Afrien, starting at Birmingham 02 Saturday, and continuing on Mon-
THE TEST TRIAL AT LORD'S.
· BRILLIANT BATTING BY ENGLAND.
NEARLY 500 RUNS AND YET NO CENTURIAN.
day and Tuesday, has, says Reuter, THE COUNTY MATCHES. been selected as follows:
J. C. White (Somerset),
(captain),
P. G. H. Fender (Surrey), K. 5. Duleepsinjhi (Sussex), Sutcliffe (Yorks), Hammond (Gloucester), Tate (Sussex), Larwood (Notts), Hendren (Middlesex), Freeman (Kent), Duckworth (Lanes.),, Leyland Yorks).
E. T. Killick, the Cambridge Blue and Middlesex player, has
London, June 11.
The Test Trial at Lord's has attracted considerable interest; Some bright cricket was seen, ong extraordinary feature being "Eng- land's" score of 487 runs for 8 wickets, containing no individual century. P. G. 1. Fender made 100 for the Rest.
Derbyshire resume their posi tion at the head of the county championship table, and it is not- able that even on the percentage lead.
According to the suggested plans, the Labour. Premier wil leave immediately after the rising of Parliament at the end of July. Mr. Mackenzie King, the Premier
told the of Canada, Canadian House of Commons at Ottawa to-day that his knowledge and of, stout build, the girl is be in March of this rear, and the has already been done. Mr. R. left, together with the accused, been selected as twelfth man system they would still hold their of the proposed disarmament con- ved to have ran away. She was last seen at 9 p.m. in Des Voeux Rol near the Central Market when he was wearing a white silk dress with red stripes, white hat with reen ribbon banda, black shoes and flesh-coloured stockings
ference between
Mr. Ramsay
MacDonald and President Hoover at Washington, has been derived solely from newspapers.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald has not fully completed his list of Minis-
It is believed that the girl was ters Not in the Cabinet, but the alun wearing a gold chain bangle on following appointments officially the left wrist, other trinkets which announced, leave few posts un-she had on her being a gold ring set filled:
with a jade stone and a neck-lace
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Mr. F. Pethick-Lawrence, Civil Lord of the Admiralty,
Mr. George Hall. Under-Secretaries of State:
Foreign Affairs.....Mr. H. Dalton."
2
Colonins
Dominions
War
.Mr. A. Ponsonby.
Lord De La Warr.
War (Financial Sec.)
of imitation pearls.
A reward of $100 is offered for information lending to the recovery of the girl.
די
;
The police stated that Sousa dis- appeared from his post sometime next information that they had of him was that he had gone to Soura- baya.
Extradition Waived.
▼
The principal individual fente in the past three days were:
Batting.
One section of the Committee in especially empowered, to deal with the bringing of water supplies to the Colony from outside sources, in which connexion considerable work Sutherland. O.B.E., is the convener the prosecuting and defending The ausence of Hobbs from the of this sub-committee, with Mr. officers and Press representatives side is due to the fact that he W. G. Goggin as deputy convener. when the Court was closed. The other members are Messrs. A. Upon the reopening a few was injured in the Test Trial E. Martin, Chau Yu-leng, J. M. Mc- minutes later, the President an-yesterday and is unable to play. The eleven includes nine of the Hutchon, C. M. Manners, J. John-nounced that the Court had been.
tone, H. F. Bunje, C. E. Meyer, closed to consider whether Licat. team which toured Australia last and T. Kataokn.
winter, Col. Comyn should be allowed to
newacomors being Fender and Duleepsinjhi. There are four changes from the side which lost the Fifth Test in Aus tralla, Sutcliffe returning to the side, and Freeman taking the place Hardinge (Kent) of Geary. A. P. F. Chapman in Gouldsworthy (Glow) ..... 6 for 47 also a notable abantes; he has Clark (Northants) ...... 6 for 52 5 for 21 played practically no cricket this Worthington (Derby) G. Foster (Warwick)
5 for 30 season. D. R. Jardine is also left W. V. Robins (The Rest). 5 for 63
A cable sent to the Dutch police secured the arrest of the accused pon his arrival at that port. Sousa was then said to have ex- In addition to these, the Com- pressed a willingness to waive ex-mittee members are as follows tradition proceedings, bis return Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, Hon. to Hongkong then following as a Mr. B. D. F. Belth, Hon. Mr. J P. Braga, Hon. Sir Shottison Chow, matter of course.
Hon. D. S. W. Tao, O.B.E., Hon, Dr. R. H. Kotewall, CMG., Menara, M. K Lo, T. N. Chau, Wong" Kwong-tin. D. J. Lewis, E. Cock,
The charges now brought against Sousa fall under the heading of Ordinance 7, of 1926. They state
remain as a spectator. He said that the Court ruled that Lieut.- Col. Comyn should not be present under Paragraph.81 of Rules and Procedure,
out.
the
Could See the Newspapers. Lieut. Col. Comyn then asked that on February 5th of this year,
whether he could have a copy of Mr. W. Lunn. THE KING'S STATE of the General Post Office, and Arcull, R. M. Dyer, K. Greig, Advocate, the President replying while being employed as an officer M.B.E., A. H. Ferguson, A..el the statement taken by the Judge being entrusted with the prepara-Captain Joliands, W. James, that he could see the newspapers, tion of a document, namely, a letter H. G., Brayiled. S. Mac-Lieut. Col. Comyn-It is very REBEL ATTACKS IN bill, he did propare such document incorrectly, by altering,-secreting or destroying
such document. This la stated to be un offence against Section 33, Subsection 1, of the Ordinance.
Mr. E. Shinwall.
DUTIES.
India ....Mr. Drummond Shields, Air
Mr. F. Montague, ROYAL COMMISSION'S POWER Admiralty (Finance)
Mincs...
Mr. C. G. Ammon.
. Mr. Ben Turner. Agriculture .......Dr. C. Addison.
NOW LIMITED.
Health......Miss Susan Lawrence. AN ORDER-IN-COUNCIL.
Transport
..Earl Russell
A POOR EXCUSE.
It's a poor excuse to be careless in the use of water bocause "other people" are wasting it.
inaccurately -reported in the papers.
Shortly
afterwards, Licut.-:
Col. Comyn made a further remark,
VENEZUELA.
OF CORO.
J. Timma (Northants) O'Connor (Essex)... P. G. I. Fender (Rest)
Bowling.
113 100
100
6 for 9
THE TEST TRIAL. Heavy Scoring in First Innings.
The Test Trial at Lord's result- ed in a draw, play ruling generally in favour of England.
The strength of England's bat- ting was demonstrated in their first faninga when 487. were scared for the loss of eight
addressed towards the Prass table, | FIERCE FIGHTING FOR TOWN which was not distinctly heard. He was understood to say, how- ever, that his previous remark was not intended to be personal.
to With regard Lieut.-Col. WILLESMSTAD SEQUEL, wickets, after which a declaration
39 Registered Letters, Sousa fa also charged, under Section 26 of the Ordinance, that, on the same date, he stole two postal packages, and one bag containing 30 registered letters and two Insured letters; and another manamentinent. Mr. Somerset Fitzroy point- bag, containing nine registered let- lers and one insured letter,
J
Comyn's request for a copy of the Judge Advocate's stalement, the Court declined to give the state-
ed out that the Convening Officer was always supplied with a copy. Court.
Lieut. Col. Comyn then left the
runs
was made. The notable feature- Caracas, June 11.
of the innings was that in spite of 43 a sequel to the raid by the heavy acere no player reached Venezuelist rebels on the armoury
three figures.
In reply, The Rest score 370, to Willemstad, in the Dutch which P. G, H. Fender contribut colony of Curacao, an attack was ed 100 in bright style. Freeman launched to-day on the town of bowled for long spells and he had Coro, Venezuela; by Ave thousand rebels, some of whom carried out wickets though they cost him 182 the satisfaction of taking yo
of
Brief Biographies,
London, June 11. The Gazette to-day contains an Mr. Frederick Pethick-Law Order-in-Council revoking the rence, the Financial Secretary to Letts Patent, which empowered the Treasury was educated at the setting up of a Royal Commis Cambridge, where he won many sion to act on the King's behalf honours, and fa à barrister-at-law. turing his neas. He is well-known for his associa- The new Order-in-Council de Replying to a query from Mr. tion with the women's suffrage claros that while His Majesty is Hamilton, Chief Detective Inspec- movement, In which connexion he now able to resume many functions tor Reynolds sald that enclosed in was imprisoned for nine months of State, it is still advisable that ene of the registered letters which in 1912 for conspiracy in one of certain functions should be de- Sousa was alleged to have extract-Hon. Director of Medical and evidence. He produced as an ex- had been forewarned of the attack, cult on resuming (117 runs ahead)
the militant suffragette demonstra- | logated. tions. He was formerly editor of
ed, was 10,000 yen.
Therefore, Her Majesty the In view of the large amount
rune.
the raid on Willemstad.
The garrison of Coro, however,
England found the wicket diffi- . and assisted by the population, and they were dismissed for 169. they drove off the rebots after w. V. Robins, Middlesex, the Cam- which the commander of the garri-63 runs. hard fighting, in the course of bridge Blue, took 5 wickets for son has fully wounded.
kichon, S. T. Williamson, L. C. F. Bellamy, the Hon. Secretary for Chinese Affairs, the Hon. Director of Public Works, the Hon. Har- Major Lake's Evidence, bour Master, Mr. B. Wylie, the
Major Lake continued his Sanitary Services, and the Head of Sanitary Department. ·
hibit a bill from Hongkong Amuse the Echo and of the Labour Record | Queen, H.R.H. The Prince of involved, Mr. Reynolds said he
ments, Ltd., whch he said and Review. ·
he Wales, the Duke of York,
One other invitation has been received on November 1 or 2. the would be naking for the accused to Mr. George Hall,, Civil Lord of Archbishop of Canterbury. the be committed for trial at the issued, but the gentleman concern- With regard to another account, the Admiralty, was educated at an Lord High Chancellor (Lord San- Supreme Court No bail could be ed has not yet intimated his wil he said that he wrote to the
lingness to serve: elementary school and worked inkey) and the Prime Minister (Mr. entertained at this juncture,
Cawnpore. Woollen Mills and ask-
The rebels finally fled in con- for 84 runs when time was called.
The Rest had lost four wickets ed for a statement of their ac- count, which was from 1926 on-fusion, leaving many of their wards, and which related to hose
number dead, wounded and pri-
YORKSHIRE SETBACK. Boners. tops. The date of the last order
A Welsh mine as collier at the age of 12. In. 1911, he was appoint ed a checkweighman and was local agent of the South Wales Minors Federation until elected to Parlia- ment in 1922. He is an offelal of the Miners Federation and a Governor of Cardiff University,
Well-known Economist.
Solicitor's Application.
Ramsay MacDonald), or any two thereof, are empowered till fur- ther signification of His Majesty's Mr. J. T. Prior Informed the pleasure to act on is Majesty's Court that he was appearing for behalf in certain specified matters, the defence.
His Worship:-1 understand he It is learned that among the duties which His Majesty is now has pleaded "Not Guilty."
like a remand to consider the position.
able to resume, following the isque of the Order-in-Council, will be business connected with Dominion
Mr. Hugh Dalton, the Under-affairs-Reuter, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, was educated at Cambridge and is a barrister. He served in the Great War on the French and Italian fronts and in 1910 attached to the Ministry of Labour for special investigations. Has
WAIA
US. OIL CONCERNS CONVICTED.
"been lecturer at the Lonton School CONSPIRACY TO MONOPOLISE
of Economies, and Sir Ernest
Cassel Lecturer in Economics at
the University of London. He
was a member of the Trade Board
INDUSTRY.
from 1919 to 1922, a member of Indiana and
and
Mr. Prior stated that he would
A week's formal remand was accordingly given.
BIG SNAKE IN NEW TERRITORIES.
SHOT BY AN INDIAN CONSTABLE.
!
for goods to the P.R.I was in It la officially announced that In A Difficult Position Against
Sussex: December, 1927. The last pay-Venezuela recently requested the ment made by the P.R.I, was on Dutch authorities to extradite.
'Yorkshire were in grave peril December 6, 1927. The amount from Curacao, General Urbina,
experiencing their first the who is the leader of the rebels, of shown as outstanding on account was rupees 565, annan 14. but the request. was met by a defeat of the season at Leeds. hold the upper hand A stir was created in the Witness said he wrote to Gale refusal-Reuter's American Seri Sussex
throughout, and gained five points village situated behind the Taiwan and Foldon at the end of 1928 bevice.
Willemstad, June 11.
for a lead on the first innings.. cause they had written a letter Police Station, in the New Terri- calling the P.R.I.'s attention to the
Martial law has been proclaim was discovered fact that here were outstanding ed in order to prevent a repetition yesterday that a large-sized snake bills due. Witness wrote for of Saturday's raid, had come down the hillside and was detailed account and received it at apparently stalking poultry near the end of February this year. one of the huts on the outskirts. Two items due from the P.R.I. were An Indian constable attached to £18.15.0 for 300 short histories on the Station succeeded In killing the July 5, 1927, and £9.7.0. for 1,000 reptile, but not before he had permanent passes on "September expended almost the whole barrel 15, 1927. The statement also In-
cluded items of a later puriod.
A. J. COOK RETURNS TO Lorles, when it
THE FOLD.
RECRUIT TO INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY,
Chicago, June 11.
London, June 11. The Standard Oil Company of
51 associated
The Independent Labour Party | of his revolver.
The snake measured fully seven the Statutory Commission of rubsidiary concerns have
has accured an interesting recruit been Cambridge University and of the convicted by the United States in the person of Mr. A. J. Cook, feet in length, and is described as Council of the Royal Statistical District Court for violating the who announcing his intention of being a python. Society.
Sherman Anti-Trust Law, Mr. William Lunn, the new Under-Seeretary for the Colonies, Is the son of a niner. He started work at the age of 12 and became
rejoining the Party from which
The Government accused the "I know I shall be criticised, but I he resiged some years ago, sald: defendants of conspiracy to ren train trade and monopolise the oil believe I can help the Labour industry by pooling their interests cause and the miners by political propaganda work, retaining my
a checkweighman in a colliery. He in valous oil-cracking patents, official connexion with the Miner's
wws Parliamentary Secretary of thrus allegedly forcing indeper Federation. Reuter.
the Department of Overseas Trade dent concerns to pay royalties. for
in the last Labour Government.
Foreign Office.
using the process.
1
The defence urged that the pool-
my of patents had reduced 'the
DR. HEDIN'S CHINA EXPEDITION.
Mr Arthur Ponsonby, ence again | price of petrol.—Reuter's American
second-in-commend at the Foreign Service!
Office. is a son of the late Genem
Sir Henry Ponsonby. Ho was in
the Diplomatic Service from 1894
to 1899, and from 1900 to 1992 In
the Foreign Office. He was former-
LEADER FORCED TO DELAY HIS PARTICIPATION.
INJURED MAN'S STORY.
SAYS HE WAS ATTACKED BY FRIEND.
Els for Newspapers. Major Lake and he also received. a bill from the South China Morn
of good bowling by Macaulay whe Sussex batted first and in spite took 5 for 54, compiled 281 runs. Yorkshire replied with 205, Bowley The Hague, June 11.
taking 6 wickets for 72 runs. Tho, destroyer Kortenner has
In their second knock, Bussext embarked a detachment of marines made 285, leaving Yorkshire to and has left for the West Indies.score 341 runs to win. Yorkshire Tt is expected to arrive at Curacao had lost five wickets for 128 runs on Jime 22,
when stumps werę drawn.
DERBYSHIRE VICTORY. Worcester Collapse in First Innings.
The battleship Hertog Hendrik is leaving for Curacao on June 18.-Reuter,
RUSSIAN "SOCIETY OF THE GODLESS.”
ing Post. Ile got the bill split up so that he could have an account showing what was due from the PR.I up to September 30, 1928. The bill was split up into ac-ANNUAL CONGRESS OPENED
counts for Mount Austin, Victoria, Wellington and Murray Barracks, there, being two for the latter. The bill was, for papers, supplied
IN MOSCOW.
Moscow, June 11.
Derbyshire won a low. scoring match at Stourbridge by 116 runs. In the early stages it appeared to be touch and go, but Derbyshire second innings. gave an excellerit showing in their
Batting first, Derby were dis- missed for 115, Worcestor faring still worag,
70. scoring only Worthington took 6 wickets for
Worcester tek for 160,"
second knock and
sont
to the barracks named, by order There are millions of religious 21 runs. Derbyshire made 240 in One of the patients admitted in of the P.RI. The accounts were believers and only thousands of their to the Government Civil Hospital, not paid from January to Septem- Godless, but we shall uproot yesterday, was a Chinese named her, the total amount being $101.60. religion and destroy its influence Tang Yul, who was suffering from Witness said his attention was with the masses," comments the
ANOTHER UPSET. alarcerated wound in his jaw. drawn to this account at the newspaper Pravada in an editorial
In a statement to the police, the beginning, of January, 1920. He heralding the opening of who Surrey Lost to Derbyshire, man daya that he was walking had checked the bills and was annual congress of the Society of
Lacking the services of P. G. H. along Whitly Street, with an ae- satisfied that they were owing by the Godless. Boston, June 11.
Fender and Hobba, Surrey went The congress opened in Moscow down unexpectedly to Northants, The famous Swedish explorer, for no reason that he could think
quaintance named Kwan Yan, when the P.R.I.
Ife had also satisfied. himself to-day, eight hundred delegates who won at Kelloring by 127 runs. Private Secretary to the late Sir highest to the N.E. of Japan and Dr. Sven Hedin, arrived here to-day of, his companion suddenly drew a that the bills should have been being in attendance Henry Campbell-Bannerman. In relatively low over China general- from Peking for special treatment knife and attacked him, Julleting sheet up to September, 1928. The Russian author was on the plat 281 in their first innings, and dis
Northants, shown as a liability in the balance the last Labour Government he was ly. A depression is situated in the of an attack of neuritis in the the injury.
thanks to Maxim Gorky, the celebrated amateur, J. Timms (118), mode Under-Secretary for Foreign Eastern Sea. The forecast till shoulder. Other members of his Affairs.
noon to-morrow 1-S.W. winds, Expedition are remaining in China, he could secure the assistance of a
The assailant had escaped before bills were not included in the form and he was accorded an missed Surrey for 208 (Thomas 5
balance shoot. 'moderato; cloudy; local showers.
Reuter.
ovation. Many of the Soviet for 78): constable.
(Continued on Page 8.) ·
leaders were precent-Reuter,
(Continued on Page 8.)
LOCAL SHOWERS.
The Royal Observatory reports
ly a Liberal, having been principal. that pressure continues to be
(Continued.on Page 8.)
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the