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Tal. C.209
NO 5,856
六拜禮 THANE SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1929.
日六月七
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BRITAIN'S STAND POLICE SERGEANT
AT THE HAGUE.
'FEARS OF BREAKDOWN. ENTERTAINED.
MR. SNOWDEN'S RETORT TO
M. BRIAND.
RUMOURS IN LONDON,
Landon, Aug. 9.
IN DOCK.
EUROPEAN OFFICER CHARGED AT KOWLOON.
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RECEIPT OF BRIBES?
There are Ave charges against
Alleged to have received betbest from bontpeople to the amount of 827, a European Police Sergeant, Julin Charles Woolton, of No. 0 Police Launch, appeared before Mr. T, S. Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morn in, and was formally remanded for one week on the application f There has been talk of Mr. Ram-Mr. 17. Hurlingham, A.S.P Bay MacDonaldi making a dramatic ppearance at the lagne Conference in the hope of settling the difficul the defendant, four being as to fies ccasioned by Britain's deter-bribery and the fifth as to mis- As a police mined resistance to the adoption of conducting himself tip You Plan in its present form. offices.
31. Burlingham, in asking for at An interview secured with the Premier's Secretary at Lossiemuutis, week's formal remand, suggested however, revealed that this is most that bail in $1,000 should be unlikely. He said that Mr. Ma-granted. He had to consult the Hot bi bad received an information Crown's legal advisers before go; of the conference, and he was,ing farther with the matter, and therefore, unable to comment on there was a possibility that other Mr. Snowden's declaration,Ner-charges would be added.
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BRITISH FOREIGN POLICIES.
EXTENSIVE REVIEW BY MR. DALTON.
MAKING INTERNATIONAL PEACE SECURE.
GREAT PROGRAMME.
London. Aug. 9.
A comprehensive review of the Labour Government's foreign policy was made by Mr. Hugh Dalton, the Under-Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, speaking at IL meeting of the Independent Labour Party at Welwyn.
BRAVE CATHOLIC BATSMEN HAVE A
SISTER.
BAD TIME.
SACRIFICES LIFE FOR THE BLESSED SACRAMENT.
CHILDREN RESCUED.
London, Aag. 9.
In a desperate effort to save the Blessed Sacrament from the flames, Sister CelestingActing Reverend Mother of St. Patrick's |' Convent, Hayling Island, near Portsmouth was burned to death In a fire at the Convent,
A few minutes before she wha trapped by the fames, Sister Celestine aided six other nuus to rescue 68 children from the blaz ing building.
LOW SCORING COUNTY MATCHES.
SENSATIONAL, FINISH TO ESSEX GAME.
NOTTS LOSE POINTS.
London, Aug. 9. Heavy grounds as the result of further rains, which have inter- rupted cricket considerably. have
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A consignment of watches wax According to the China Mail, recently sent from Goneva to Lon- when the Official Rocciver asked don by air. Tempus fugit!! Mr. Brawer it had not been the Intention of the 'Instone Bank to
A professor says there's nothing · "act as a highly respectable family more delightful than a problem in solicitor," Mr. Brower replied— Euclid. Knotty but nice!
"Yos, In local
parentheses." Sounds as. If somebody was in u
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A Manila mesange says Britain an America are negotinting on *****Historicus;”...Yes, the depor. the ownership of Turtle Islands. tatlon of offending allons in a very Our own view is that they should
custom.
be snapped up. of ancient.
Ú O ex-tradition, in fact. placed the batsman almost at the
Getting lit up isn't the way to mercy of the bowler in. the past It's an entirely different matter show you're an enlightened man.. All the children, whose ages three days, and high scores have when the roll is called in Broker's range from six, to fourteen, were
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some At the rules from the poorer parts of London. been the exception rather than the
doctors rule. Sister Celestine had devoted her
Some brilliant bowling perform. The judges at Houston. Tex., charge. they're born skin specia- In the sphere of foreign rela-life to caring for poor children.
When all the children were anees have been recorded, notably have decided that Miss Elsie lists. tions, said Mr. Dalton, the Govern ment was pushing forward vigor safely out, she returned through Freeman's 14 wickets for 131 ruts Goldardeiter of Austri is the ously on a wide front, and he the flames to save the Sacrament. against Notts, the leading county prettiest girl in the world. But believed that they had the vast Overcome by fumes and badly in the championship table.
she collapsed at the Gloucester defeated Glamorgan majority of electors behind them burned. Mr. Whyte Smith granted the rein the steps they were taking to chapel door. There the firemen by an innings, Hammond getting a splendid century, his first for take international re-operation a
some little time, while Essex pull A Hongkong reality and international pence
cd their match out of the fireman Home on he magnificently, winning by two runs leave says in a most exciting finish.
The principal individual formances were:
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3r. Burlingham 'then consulted The lingue, Aug. 9. with the defendant, after which At a lengthy discussion, the he (M. Burlingham) told the Plated Commission of the Con- Magistrate thai Sergt. Wootton did ference decided to submit to a com- not have $1,090 on him but he had mitte of jurists, the question of $1,000 in the bank on fixed des establishing a Committer of Verijasit. He asked permission for Conciliation in the Sergt. Woolton to be allowed to go fiction and ithinsland ares, which France and the bank under escort to see Belgium are anx ms to instal
Mr.
Arthur Henderson, who stressed that Britain's desire is tu
get out of the Rhindand completely at the warlient possible moment.
that hi
the saying
felt prisence of foreign, troops bu German soil was out of spirit with the times, explained that Britain disliked also this idea of 8 Com mitter, but if it was necOSMILTY"., he felt.it should come from the Langue of Nationi and be strictly; conciliatory.
French Disclaimer. · Dr. Streseman pointed out that
channels diplomatie
the and Locarno Treaty were sufficient to settle y disputes that might arise.
about that money.
The request was granted,
EXTRALITY · ISSUE DECIDED.
NO HOPE FOR IMMEDIATE ABOLITION,
POWERS' ATTITUDE.
Washington, Aug. 9.
secure.
Egypt Treaty.
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in regard to Egypt, Mr. Dalton said that Mr. Henderson, the Foreign Secretary, had made friendly offer to the Egyptian people of real internal indepen- ience with the prospect of full membership, on equal terms wilą the rest of the world, of the League of Nations. He had made; the offer on the condition that Parliamentary Government in Egypt should be restored. There was, moreover, to be no change in the existing electoral law.
His Majesty's tiverament had no reference for one Egyptiin que Egyptian politician, ar fot party over another, nor did they intend to interfere in the internal polities of Egypt. They had made their offer bi advance to the chosen representatives of the
This people.
Secz Canal Safe, ·'
Was
The defence of the Suez Canal
It
ALARMING AFFAIR AT
* KIUKIANG.
Chief of Staff Murdered by Downing.
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ed in bullion and in stone. ☐☐
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doesn't like the
per-new British
slamps. All the
Batting.
same, he'll have
1. G. Owen-Smit (S. Africa) Hammond (Gloucester) ..... Croom (Warwick)
to stick them.
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H. G. Wells
says mankind
Howling
must be freed
MILITARY DISTURBANCE: Cook (Sussex)
Kinklang, Aug. 9.
AB alarming Incident raurred here to-day ns the result of a dis- taihance among the military forces quartered in the Kio- kiang District.
As far as is known, a num- ber of shops were looted, and the Chief of Staff was drown- ed. The circumstances sur .. rounding his death are at present unknown, but he was ' undoubtedly murdered. Four soldiers are among the dead.
The trouble did not occur in the vicinity of the former British Concession.--British Wireless.
was in vain.
The flames did not reach chapel.-British Wirless,
the
Mr. Cotton, the acting Secretary | Egyptian of Staty, has announeed that the the chance to make an entering reply of the United States Govern-settlement which if let slip might 31. Briand diselaited any inten-mit to the recent Chinese Note nover return. tion of creating a military body of equesting the abolition of extra- control. His commille would be territorial rights has been set to designed to help and not to himler the Nationalat Government. but
this it will not be published until we be no worse secured. Indeed, found her dead. Her sacrifice Franco-German relations.
Herr Wiart, the German Minister given out in Nanking: for the Occupied Territories, said It is believed that the Note offers it would be better secured if our that any German Government that little hope to Chàm for any in troops and aerodromes were con- went beyond the Locarno Treaty mediate abolition of extra-terri-centrated in the Canal Zone rather
than scattered all over Egypt. and the Counell of the League of torid privileges. Nations, would be thrown out of It is also understand that the Would be better secured still if, in alition to the presence of adequate Notes from other Powers have office. Reater.
armed forces, Anglo-Egyptian reli- similarly rejected the Chinese
tions were to be inspired by a new overtures Renter's American Sqand a firmer friendship,
An earlier aessige stated that
Optional Clause, statement Frenely the Notes from the Powers have Journalists this evening, M. Briand been most carefully drafted, and said he believed that although the although they are not in identical situation was serious, there must terms, they are similarly phrased be a remedy somewhere. He em- and contain a ressoned statement phasised that five of the nix Powers of the position. were in favour of the Young Plan and he did not think that a single Power would assume the respon-
3. Briand and Mr. Snowden.
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sibility of dissipating all the hopes engendered by the Con- ference. Certainly France would
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Mr. Snowden. interviewed as Reuter on M, Briand's statement. said that in the event of a break: down, certainly, Britain wadd not he worthy of blame.
"Merely because M. Briand nya that the Powers are 5/1 against Britain, it does not follow that the 'five are right..
The feeling among delegates into to-night pessimistle one.-Reuter.
No Compromise.
All
was
the
rice!
DUCHESS OF BEDFORD TRIUMPHS.
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MINISTER'S VISIT TO CANADA.
A MISSION TO BENEFIT THE
EMPIRE.
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London, Aug. 9.
Fretman (Kent) und Purker (Gloucester) J. C. White (Somerset) Slater (Derby) Barratt (Notia) Hipkin (Essex)
and
V. W. C. Jupp (Northants) O'Connor (Essex)
B for 74 of illusions
6 for 7 before "war will
7 for 09 end. But there 6 for 31 will always be. G for 54
G for people who will
f for 25 bet at the races. 4 for 27
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"You kiss like Greta Garbon," "What! Have you been time ing me?"
for 1 MacWhirter, he says never mind
Scotch is all right,
R. W. V. Ruhinx (Middlesex) for 44 your English so long, as your, 1. A. H. Peebles (Mildlesex) & for 46 Tate (Sussex)
alid
5 for 4 for 26
HAMMOND'S HUNDRED. Glencester Return to Winning Form.
Gloucester defeated Glamorgan
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The professors tell us that every musical composition has a motive. Sometimes, judging from some of the tunes you hear over the radio, it must be revenge.
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Near London " the other day they found Roman skull two inches thick in places. There surely was no difficulty
in identifying it as that of a senator..
A person
well-read
In 20
who can tell you
who's the load-
ing guro right now in Russia, 0 O
It has now been established that
the bagpipes originated in Perain. Now we can understand why poor old Omar took a flask of wine and sat boneath a shudy tree,
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Warm Weather
Hint: To
ensure coolness in the house, bring friends home to dinner 13- expectedly.
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In Hongkong, some office girts" ideas of fling systems are con
au lunings and 26 runs, at the Belilios medal the Kowloon Bristol, where Hammond delighted lady who recently maile the crowd with one of his best courageous innovation of giving fined to manicuring.
centuries.
Glamorgan made 116 (Goddard, for 66) on batting first, to which Gloucester replied with 315, Iam mond putting together 119 before capitulating. Parker was in great form when the Welshmen batted again, and he took 7 wickets for 69 runs, the last wicket falling at 143,
DERLY RECOVERY.
Won by Narrow Margin.
Mr. J. H. Thomas, Minister-in- Derby were heavily in arreara Charge of the Unemployment pre-on the first innings, but defented | blem, left London to-day for Northants by 42 runs at Nurt amp- Camula.
Mr. Thomas's main objects are to
ton.
Batting first, Derby collapeed for 90 runk,
The Government, he went
tile were pressing, forward with
effective of more establishment machinery than now is used for the pengeful settlement of uil interna Lional disputes, whatever their character. As regards a justifiable dispute, they hoped the Prime Mini- [ster would be able himself to sign improve trade relations between the being sent back
the Optional Clause at the forth-Home Country and Canada and toy.w.C. Jupp took 5 wickets for 31. coming Assembly of the League investigate the question of emigra of Nations. Non-justifiable dis.
Northants replied with 169, in puter would fall to be dealt within. He hopes to secure more
for British goods to spite of excellent Derby bowling by some such procedure, as that alleviate unemployment in this coun- (Slater took 6 for 54), and Derby went in a second time.with a big suggested in the General Act, to try
They responded the principle of which the Labour From Quebec, he will go to task ahead. Party was firmly committed, and Ottawa, where conferences have gallantly, however, and made 280, The great British monoplane, | details of which they were now been arranged with the Canadian leaving the home county with 202 The Spider." piloted by Captain examining. They were determined Prime Minister and other Ministera. runs for success. C. D. Barnard, and having the to close every gap in the interna-
They were dismissed for 159, Mr. Thomas súld, in an inter- Duchess of Bedford on board, final structure through which war | view: am leaving with the Townsend taking 5 for 59. arrived at Croydon at 5.30 o'clock might again invade their habita; good wishes, I know, of all my this afternoon, having made the ions. return trip from India in three and a half days..
ENGLAND TO INDIA AND BACK IN WEEK.
London, Aug. 9.
The whole flight to India and London, Aug. 9.
back took 7 days, including a Mr. Philip Snowden began his twelve hours' rest in Karachi speech at the Hague bufore the before the return journey was Financial Commission yesterday commenced. by saying he hoped it would not
The fliers have beaten all records be regarded as offensive if he said for the double journey, and set that none of his arguments had a new record for the return trip. been answered and none of his They have averaged Egures challenged.
thousand miles a day.-Kenter.
He stressed Britain's unparallel- ed war sacrifices, and concluded, "We cannot compromise on this matter.. The House of Commons will never ratify the Young Plan in its present form."-Revier.
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French Press Angry.
Paria, Aur. 9 The French press to-day is very angry with Mr. Snowden.
Le, Journal says, "The third day has ended with nothing less than
aver
ATLANTIC AGAIN CROSSED.
Russian Relations.
markets
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fellow-countrymen on a mission which I hope will benefit the Em- pire us a whole. There is no aspect
SUBMARINE DISASTER
COURT-MARTIAL.
VICTORY BY TWO RUNS. Sensational Finish at Weston. Essex beat Somerset by two runs a sensational finish. The home county appeared to have the match in hand, but O'Connor and Hipkin sensational about brought collapse and dismissed the side for 75 when they needed 78 to win,
He hoped, when Parliament rens-of our economic relations that I sembled in the Autumn, that the will not be prepared to discuss."-in Government would be able to secure British Wirclean. authority for the resumption of with Full diplomatic relations Russia. They were now awaiting a further communication from Moscow. If the Russians were prepared to discuss the procedure for the settlement of outstanding questions and to' indicate a desire to settle such questions in a spirit of commonsense and goodwill, the Government would be prepared to do their part.
.
The Government had already lift ed the embargo on export credits for the Russian trade.
COMMANDER OF THE L.12
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a party without liquor?
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"Now Golf Ball Lies Belter Than
[It is reported that a well-known the Old One," says a Manila news- local resident who, several months paper heading. The same's true ago, wagered that 40 inclics of rain of some of the players, too.. would fall between January lat., and August 31st, has had a busy but praftable week collecting his win. minga.]
Ifere's the tale of a man who
made a bet,
Back in the days when the
weather wasn't, wet,
When everyone said there'd be a
drouglit,
He smiled and replied, "I have
my doubt:
"But just to show I am really
sporty.
I'll take even odds that the fall
will be forty.”
So one poor fellow, who thought
ja saip, Produced his dollars, then gave
apal the tip. This one, too, came along with
his money, Doubtless thinking 'twas all very
funny.
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more
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We rend that a cable can go round the world in a few seconds. But, of course, gossip is cheaper. 0.0
A Londoner recently told the Court that he drank four glasses of whisky rent in an unsuccessful endeavour to get drunk. The flesh. may have been willing, but the spirit was evidently weak.
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Viscountess Rhondda advocales a world punce congress. So far, however, she hasn't suggested a
honddavous.
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A lot of these children see
"raise", they can't be left alone at
home.
objectionable cinema pictures be-
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A far-sighted fellow is one who Bye and bye came some
would clip the Item that appeared weather prophets,
the other day telling. how a Each and all sure of future woman in France caught leprosy the
pronte.
But then came the rains, wash
ing hopes away—
Now, far from winning, they all
have to pay.
from a fur coat, and save
clipping to show the wife next
autemn.
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One thing about the "Talkies,"
They're still good friends, and they cover a multitude of dins.
BO will remain--
At least, till someone mentiona
RAIN!
slop:
The Powera are fussing about Essex batting first made 106,
war debts, efforts are being made (J. C. While, 6 for 31), Somerset
to break aviation records, Hong- replying with 132, Hipklu taking The Week's Simile-Aa gental kong is at sixes and sevens over
wickets for 25 runs.
as an insurance agent.
the pictures, but the burning Essex were dismissed for 103 on
lasue of the moment appears to batting again, and the result did
Somerset Somn of these runabouts certain be what to do for baby's prickly not appear in doubt. London, Aug. 9.
They heat. stated, however. ly live up to their name. Another court-martial arising collapsed from the loss of H. M. Submarine O'Connor had 6 wickets for 34 runs run about a coupla mites and then 11.47 in the Irish Channel last and Hipkin took 4 for 27 runs. month came to an end to-day, nt Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, and Portsmouth, Mr. Dalton, was taking special The "prisoner"
Lieut. charge of the Anglo-American dis- Commander H. P. Oram, the com- armament discussions which had mander of the submarine. L.12
He Kent defeated Notts on the first made good progress. This coun- which collided with H.47. wireless message to the Navy De-
try had already reduced its naval was charged with by negligence inpings at Canterbury. It was programme and the American or by default suffering the L12 Freeman's match. He took four had made a reciprocal gesture to bo hazarded in collision with teen Notta wickets in the course
of the game for 191 runs, IL47 which was warmly welcomed.
(Continued on Page 14.) He was acquitted-Router.
"GRAF ZEPPELIN" OFF THE CORNISH COAST,
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Washington, Ang. 9. The "Graf Zeppelin" has sent a
n threat by Mr. Snowden to revise pariment that she is over the Scilly the international' dobta agresi mente, which is tantamount to Isles, off the coast of Cornwall.
She left Lakehurst at 12.39 a.m. blackmail,"
on Thursday on her world trip Reifer's American Service.
(Continued on Page 8.)
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FREEMAN'S BEST.
Puzzles Notts Batsmen Completely,
In China's government circles a great deal seems to be accepted What about sending up a few with resignation, aeroplanes to drop some umbrelin
on the clouds and stop all this. A harp is advertised for sale. rain?
It is not known whether thin fol- lows the movement to qualify local 0.0 There's no truth in the rumour aspirants for “wings," that the Government intends O O appointing a special Emergency Judging by almost daily examples, Committee to deal with the expect it is believed that Hongkang has a ed floods in the near future." corner in pocts.