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SOUTH AFRICANS | SHOPS COLLAPSED |FRENCH AVIATORS WATER INCREASE OF OTTAWA" CYRIL TOLLEY WINS MOSCOW AND THE
COLLAPSE.
SEVEN WICKETS DOWN FOR 116 RUNS.
EASY VICTORY FOR ENGLAND IN PROSPECT.
..
THIRD TEST MATCH.
Lendhon, July 15. A keen day's ericket in the Third Tor Match, at Leedy td-day, found South Africa on the verKC of defont.. After Enpland had pulued a lend of te ring on the first innings, „Sooth 'Africa were at all times in trouble, and at the elove of play, so rapidly did wirkets tall. they were only 21
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二拜禮 號六十月七英港香
TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1929.
日十初月六
IN AMERICA.
IN SHANGHAI, ·
MANY WOMEN FEARED BURIED IN DEBRIS.
MACHINE SEIZED BY AUTHORITIES.
TERRIBLE DISASTER,
Now Yofi, duly 15, The gifs of Mortgomery, Alaba- ba, has been shocked by a terrible disaster which nernered this morn-
FRENCH CONSUL SETTLING DIFFICULTIES.
ISLAND NOW HAS FOUR- MONTHS' SUPPLY.
37 MILLIONS ADDED.
DISASTER.
AIR MINISTRY INQUIRY FINDINGS.
Further beneficial rains in the NON-USE OF SIMILAR PLANES 24-hours ended 7.30 am, to-day, plus the intlow from the fall of
RECOMMENDED, previous days, added 37 million gallons to the island reservoirs
LIBEL SUIT.
UNAUTHORISED USE OF NAME IN ADVERTISEMENT.
FRY'S TO PAY £1,000.
London, July 15.
A highly interesting action con- éluded in the King's Bench Division to-day when a jury awarded M1r. Cyril J. H. Tolley, the British Amateur Golf champion, £1,000
and Sons, the well-known chocolate manufacturers,
ing. when two large three-storer- FLIGHT FROM CÂNTON. and a million gallons to the Kow- VERY RARE ACCIDENT. damages against Mensta, J. S. Fry
ed business premises suddenly collapsed, burving the large ma jority of the inmates in the ruins!
pack of cards without the slightest The building collapsed like a warning and it is believed that over fifty persons are buried in the
debris.
..Later.
Shanghai, July 16. The French slators, Commander
arrived Rigost and Captain Arearehrt, who shortly after, two Welock yesterday
frizi Canton
splendid
afternoon. after ly savers fül Wight 1.king. about seven hours, have found theni- selves in difficulties with the Chin-
adhorities,
Reseur wurkers have been tray? Funs ahead with seven wickets tirally endeaventing 14. dispos down in their sucond innings.
It is expected that Burbund, wilty, of the buried prople who pay be alive. Up to the present, only the secure their first Test victory over Their remaining but mes, only reverent, but Owen-Smith end be booked a forbrought out. The rescuers satapan will be delayed matll the dif-
Their plane has been seized, and
the tourists enfly to-morrow, Oudies of twa negroes have by the continuation of their flight to
rung.
England Effort,
when they 16:272
41
that they plainly saw two white women crushed under tons of masonry and timber.
Most of the victims of the dis- ster are probably women and rirla.
When England, who fuod made 106 for 2 wickets on Saturday, read their innings, Hammond And Duckworth raises the score ig> preciably before the former wit was due to excavations going on It ja suspected that the enllajise caught by Van der Merwe, Dack-mediately next to the buildings worth wont shortly afterwards, and preparation for a new building. Hentren followed him to 1)s! pavilion, being sent back without scoring.
Frank Woolley and Leyland, how The
Later.
ficulties have been adjusted.
Imaliately the plane descended yesterday afternoon, the airmen en- countered trouble with Chinese off- cialdom, who intereepled them on lighting and demanded the pro- duetion of their permit to fly over Chinese territory,
No Permits.
loon supply.
These additions bring the total water supply in Hongkong up to 50 million gallons, inclusive of service reservoirs Tequivalent f.
•
DISASTROUS TURKISH FLOODS.
30 Villages Submerged: Landslide Damnge.
FIVE UNDRED DEATHS.
Constantinople, July 15. Disastrous floods in the Tre- bizonde strict have heen caused by torrential rains.
Thirty villages are sub- merged, and many mosques. school and houses have been destroyed by inndslides,
The death-roll is estimated at 500 people.-Reuter,
London, July 15 its root following the inquiry in
The Air Ministry to-day issued
to the disaster the Imperial Airway's finer, the "City of Ottawa" which fell into the Channel on June 17th, with a loss of seven lives.
Sir Arthur Colefax preskled at the inquiry, and he had with him, as assessors Air Commodore J, G, Weir and Mr. James Swinburne,
The Air Ministry finds that the technical care, of the accident was, as defined by Major Cooper, the Inspector of Accidents, the fracture in fatigue of a pair of studs on the port side.
Pilet Exonerated.
ULTIMATUM.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY COMMISSAR.
TRANSLATED INTO CHINESE. ON SUNDAY.
BORDER ACTIVITIES,
Moscow, July 15.
arose out of an advertisement show- Affairs announces that the Chinese The action was for libel and it The Commissariat for Foreign
a picture of Tolley playing a stroke, with a packet of Fry's che-Charge D'Affaires in Moscow has · cuinte protruding from the pocket intimated to M. Karakhan, the of his pullover.
Vice-Commissar, that the transla-
The advertisement also showed a caddy hooking un, and beneath the picture were verses representing the enddy saying, inter alia,
My word, how it lies, take a
cartel of Fry's
They're handy, they're good and priced low,
inn of the Soviet ultinuatum intó Chinese was only, completed for despatch yesterday afternoon,
In the meantime, the Chinese Em- bassy la strongly guarded by police in view of a demonstration which Counsel for the plaintiff said that was held outside, and the frequent people would assume from the ad- protest meetings held in Moscow vertisement that Tolley would be against the seizure of the Chinese getting more than a box of cho | Eastern Railway-Reuter. colates for the use of his name.
Soviet "Merally Wrong." Thus his amateur status, of which he was most jealous, was involved. Messrs. Fry's he added, had ex- The Air Ministry finds that the pressed regret that offence had been passengers were not properly in- taken, declined to pay the cost of structed in the use of the lifebelts, the proceedings, but offered to pub- but adds that there is no evidencelish a statement in two newspapers that the deaths could be attributed to the effect that Mr. Tolley morally wrong. to the omission.
ceived no remuneration,
WAB
It is Fonsidered that the mishap unavoidable, but that it is likely to be very rare. The pilot is exonerated from all blame.
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Later.
Landon, July 16. The Times, in a leading article
on the Soviet ultimatum to China, examine the situation and expresses the opinion that the Soviet Gor- ernment may be legally right, but
It thinks it highly improbable that Russia will risk a serious eam; paign in Manchuria at present, on economic, Inancial or nationally
The permit was not forthcoming. Then in the courge of a search of the machine, it was discovered that
It is recommended that such In- The advertisement appeared, in aning the oldest in the Mont which raised another issue, invol- four months supply on present machines not designed to alight on
The collapsed buildings were the girmen were carrying a pistol,struction should always be given. no fewer than sixty-four over. remained together.
It le further recommended that | papers,--Reuter, gomery business district. South Africa total was soon puss have been frequent collapses in in Chinese territory without a per- land total 214 million gallons.
Therving a charge of carrying fire-arms restrictions) and make the main-water, or not possessing such re- ef and by mch-time, the sure-secent years in the same part of mit.
A stay of execution, pending an etimental grounds, whilst cam board showed 270 for 5 wickets.
the city.
Rainfall registrations this morn-maintain height if one engine fails, sel for the defence stated that on the resumption of diplomatic re- serve power as to enable them to appeal, has been directed. Coun-aigning in China would be the ing were as follows:
worst propaganda in Britain' for should only start to cross the of the grounds of appeal would be. Tetam
Channel at such a height that reach that the damages are excessive.ations with the Soviet-Renter. Ing and on the other side may ba Reuter, regarded as a reasonable certainty.
M\{{*\*44
South Africa met with greater
after lunch and the maining five wickets fell for an addition of only 68 runs, of witch 3. C. White got 24 not, auf, and Woolley 15. The Ken! left-hander was the top scorer for England, his score wings N.
A Bad Sint.
South Africa commenced poorly, lowing Casteral and Siedle before 25 ras were on the bed. Mitchell and Morkel held their end ny, until tea, but the latter stepped in front of a raight one from Freeman
Some
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were
killed only a fortnight ajo through the wall of a garage cullaps Reuter's American Service.
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ROYAL MAIL'S. P, COMPANY DISCLOSURES.
sonn after The resumption, and VISCOUNT'S CIRCULAR,
Mitchell was similarly disposed of.
Disaster followed disaster. H. G. Desuse, the South Africa cap- lain, fell a victim to the English captain after he had seoried four
Woolley
Pants, and then
through the defences of using and, Vincent Ja-quick succession.
Owen-Smith's Defence,,
The only plager to put up rad opposition was H4 Owen Smith and at the close of play he had made 27 not out.
7
the Chinese authorities announced After framing these "charges" that the aeroplane would be held in custody..
The French Consulate is now en- deavouring to just the dignity with the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, and it is expected that a settlement will be efferted to-day, permitting the airmen to proceed.
It is believed that ignot and Arch art contemplate a 'light dir- ectly from Shanghai to Tokyo.-- thur Chựa Curvespandent,
Tytam Tuk Wongneichong Pokfulam
8.1
17
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37.
The total registrations for the six days during which raid has fallen are:
Tyłam
Tytum Tug Wongneichong Powfulam,
8.65
.11,00
..11.54 7.30
A Kowloon yesterday the rain- fall varied from a quarter to half an inch,
THE S.S. LOK SUN.
TWO TUGS NOW ON SCENE
OF STRANDING.
Is further recommended that no sach machines he used to carry passengers from Great Britain. Reuter
Imperial Airways' Record. The Air Mlitistry Inquiry opened
RECOGNITION OF SOVIET.
on June 26th, when Sir W. A. PRIME minister Makes THE
Jowit, K.C., representing the
| Ministry, pointed out that "all the aeroplanes flying in the Imperial Airways are twin-engined Dr
POSITION CLEAR.
Soviet "Threats."
Harbin, July 15, Soviet "threata" in the form of manoeuvres by military aeroplanes and troops on the frontier re eausing disqufet at Harbin where. important meetings are daily co- ducted at the Russian Consulate
and at the Office of the Chinese Commissioner of Foreign Affairs. The partial suspension of traf on the Chinese Eastern Railway
now reported.
The news of the Rusalan ultim tum has been received at Harbin with consternation.
Chang Hsueh-long Adamant.
Warm Welcome,
Shanghai, July'15.
more; the single engine is not HOUSE WILL ENDORSE,is The French airmen, Comman-;
used. Between January 1, 1926, Loudon, daly 16. dani Rignat aud
and the present accident, the Im- Captais
London, July 15. sued by Viscount St. Davids, weeks ago, arrived here fruni Cam- Amarkable circular has been Airachart, who left Paris Home
perial Airways Aircraft have flown The Foreign Secretary, Mr. trustee for first ant and detou at 225 this afternoon.
on cross-Channel routes, in Europe Arthur Henderson, announced in and in the Near East, over 3,900,- the House of Commons to-day that benture holders, of the Royal Mai Stemm Pseket Company, indicating welcomed, Renter.
They were Centhusinstivalig
000 miles, and carried approxi- an invitation for a responsible General Chang Hauel-liang, who disagreement with his brother,
While nothing has yet been tearn-tely 100,000 passengers, and no representative of the Soviet Gov- is held to be responsible for the Lord Klysant, the Chairman of the
Departure From Canton,
edencerning the activities of the previous accident involving the ernment to visit London, in order affair which has startled the salvage party wiheh want out of the death of a pilot or a mechanic or to discuss the most expeditious world, in an interview at Mukder. Company."
Writing under date of yesterday 8.4. Lak Sun on Sunday afternoon ay passenger has occurred in any process for reaching a settlement asserted he will maintain his pre- The Company's stocks are est our Canton correspondent reports and yesterday, it is understood that such aeroplanes while engaged on of outstanding questions between sent policy regarding Soviet mated to have dwindled £300,000 in vale since the begin-hai as follows:
by the airmen's departure for Shang-about 1,000 Lons of general mera regular flight carrying passen-Britain and Russia had been sent Russia adding that he has the
chandise from the stranded steam-gers."
to the Soviet Government through junanimous support of Nunking, ning of June, and were particular-The French airnes, Comman-er are to be discharged at the Hang- Mr. Doughty, K.G., giving a his- the Norwegian Government.
The wickets were well distribut.y weak yesterday. ed. Freeman, White and Woolleg getting two each, and Tate one.
morrow.
dant Rignot and
Answering subsequent ques-
1.
He will refuse to comply Captain kong and Kowloon Wharf and Go-tory of the flight, muid that in the Viscount St. Davids, in his cir- Arrachart, left here this morning down Company's premises,
with the Soviet demande anent early stages the plane was flying tions, the Prime Minister, Mr. cular, states that the first intimat 7 o'clock precisely for Shang-
the restoration of Russian After this is done, an attempt to in a perfectly ordinary munner at Ramsay MacDonald, said the Gov- England should win early foon he had of the issue of second hai. They had on board one bay tow
interests in the Chinese debentures in July of last year was of mail.
uff the Lok Sun from height of. between 2,500 andernment would lay the appropriate Eastern Railway. the rocks will be made by Taikoo 2,600 feet.
paper regarding the resumption of The scores, as cabled by Reuter, through the newspapers, The
"There
Another high spokesman of the The airmen spent the whole of tugs. Company was apparently entitled
was suddenly," Mr. diplomatic relations with the So-
Manchurian Government Beside the tug Talkoo, another Doughty continued, "In the stur-viet Government as soon as pos-nounced yesterday, their National Day, to make the now is without from 7 am, till 4 p., changing belonging to the Taikos Dockyard board engino a noise which thesible.
that the National notifying him, and he reluctantly, her plugs and generally over- bay gone out to Sanmun Island, this pilot has described to me as like
Government at Nanking will innte "perhaps unwisely," decided not
'Any conclusion that KIA
an important statement shortly as being the Wanehun, which left port the fall of a bag of toole. The Majesty's Government may come make the facts public t the hauling their engine.
Foon as the Russian ultimatum has This morning they were at the this morning at 10.30 am. with pilot made up his mind that a des-to regarding recognition," he add: heen officially received. The cent was immediately necessary:ed, "cannot become effective until speaker said that the ultimatum is aerodrome before o'clock and salvage gear.
vory undecided
It was out of the question to get It has been debated in the House. an empty threat,. about Light rain wats their departare.
across the Channel, and he turned,
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South Africa. 2nd Innings,
R. I. Catterall, b Tate
10
I. J. Sledle, c White, b Freeman
141
B. Mitchell, w, h White
21
time.
D. P. Morkel, bw, b Freeman
14
He says that although he does
12
t postean the legal right, he has were
11. G. Owen-Smith not out
4 been refused permission to inter-
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position.
116
Duminy, Woolley
1. 6. Denne, b White
C. L. Vincent, b Woolley
Extras...
Total (for 7 wickets)
27 view the Company's auditor, with falling and there were heavy | JUNIOR KOLAPORE CUP hoping to get back to Dungeness,
a view to arriving at the trafonds hanging low, in the sky, the
N. A. Qulum, E. A. Van der Merwe, and A. J. Bell to bat.
South Africa-Ist. Innings,
R. II. Catterall, b Freymia
1. J. Siedle, Larwood
1. Mitchell, Tate....
D. P. Morket, st. Duckworth,
Freeman
Duminy, b Freeman
Hi, G. Deane, e Duckworth, Tate
II. G. Owen-Smith, e Hammond, b
Freeman....
G. L. Vincent, b Freeman
N. A. Quinn, c Leyland, & Free-
7233113
E. A. Van de Merwe, e Ham-
visibility being very poor.
No Weather News.
AT BISLEY.
MALAY STATES IMPROVES ON LAST YEAR'S EFFORT.,
In conclusion, he announces his impending retirement from the trusteeship, as his duty to the They were unable to obtain any second debenture holders might meteorological news in Canton conflict with his duty to the first. concerning the conditions be- The annual Bisley meeting open- A statement by Lord Kylaunt is tween hore and Shanghai, but ed to-day. Eleven teams shot for expected to be made to-day. finally they decided to leave, the Morning Post Imperial Chal- Reuter.
saying that if conditions were the lenge Cup, known as the Junior same as on Saturday, they would Kolapore Cup, probably return.
It was won by Trinidad with The aviation field was soaked score of 511, the Malay States be- after heavy storms during the in second with 504 and Ceylon
but night,
nevertheless the third with 501,
Last year it was won by Nigeria, machine rose perfectly off the ground and set off immediately in China Treaty Ports being second
north-easterly direction.
and Malaya sixth--Router,
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„AB their departure was not officially announced, there were
respondent,
THE TYPHOON.
Mr. Mantell, the American Adna officials or friends present to viser to the Railway Ministry, has bid them farewell.-Our Own Cor- recommended the appointment of a number of technical American rail- waymen to help in organising the 230 Chinese railways on modern lines.
These include a master mechanic, a maintenance, engineer, a trans portation expert, a goods tarift ex- w.bert, auditora, and travelling fire- men, all under the charge of an American' well-versed in the dif- ferent departments.
mond, Freeman
A. 3. Bell, not out
Extras
Total
Bowling A salysis.
0. M.
R
Larwood
17
35
1
Tate'
20
40
2
32.3
115
7
8 2 .13
17
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Freeman
Hammond
White
(Continued on Page 12.)
Mr. Sun Fo, the Minister of Rail ways, has approved of the proposal.
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"For four of five minutes he had the hope that he would get back to land. He had already seen the Belgian trawler, and had 14 in his mind as an afternative means of refuge,
-British Wireless. -
GERMANY'S GIANT FLYINGBOAT.
TAKES OFF IN 28 SECONDS Lack of Wind a Handicap. ON TWO-THIRD POWER. ✅ "The pilot descended at a speed of about 66 miles an hour. Ho
Berlin, July 15, realised that it was hopeless to try The giant Dornier-Wahl dying and make for land, and he boat in a further trial flight with manœuvred his 'plune with the twenty-five persons on board and intention of landing just in front only eight of the twelve engines of the bows of the trawler.
from the water in going roae "He landed exactly in the post-twenty-eight seconds to-day, tion he intended. He was lundi In a previous test, the time capped by the absence of wind, taken to rise was much longer If there had been wind he would Reuter. have been able to land át a speed considerably Blower over the water. His clowest possible speed speed was about 55 miles an hour.
"Water came through the door) of the cabin which filled almost
300 Coaches Seized.
It is reported that the Soviet authorities seized 300 coaches on the Chinese Eastern Railway on the day their ultimatum was an- nounced.
The Manchurian Government has ordered a Brigade of troope to act as guards on the various stations of the Chinese Eastern Railway and two Divisions of Kirin troops have been sent to. Manchulf, near the Soviet-Chinese frontier.
:,;
Nanking, July 15, Following the Russian ultiran.. called a meeting at the Military tum, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek'
Headquarters this morning, Menera, Wu Han-min, (head of the Legislative Council). Sun Fo. (Minister of the Railwaya) Tai Chi-tao and others being present. Details of the conclave are not FOLLOWING SUICIDE the leaders decided to instruct divulged, but it is understood that
DF, C. T.. Wang, the Nanking Foreign Ministor to return im- mediately to the Nationalist Capl.
FAMOUS LIBRETTIST DIES SUDDENLY.
Immediately, and the aeroplane SHOCK submerged quickly.
"When it was seen that a forced landing was inevitable the me- chanie went into the cabin and
OF SON..
Vienna, July 15,
The Royal Observatory reports that pressure is highest in the Pacific to the cast of Japan. The
told the passengers to put on their Hugo von Hoffmansthal, the tal to attend an important confer. typhoon is situated about 300
a view to discovering facts bear-febalta: He said that there was famous poet and librettist of ence. The Nanking Government is miles N.E. of Manila, moving ing on their respective contentions occasion for alarm, and there Richard Strauss's operas, died aud-contemplating the sending of N.W. or W.N.W. The forecast till with regard to the necessity or un-was nothing approaching panic denly to-day after the funeral of high officials to Manchuria to noon to-morrow is:-East winds, justification of reducing wages on the
plane. The passen his son, Franz, who committed assist Chang Heouh-Hang in deni- (Continued on Page 7).. Bufelde on Saturday--Reuter, ing with the delleato situation. !
moderate; fair generally.
Reuter.