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YOUN DED 1881
NO 24,070
A BATTANT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1929. BAL
IMMENSE AIRSHIP THE MILITARISM OF LULL ON THE WAR
FOR BRITAIN.
AERIAL LINER FOR 400 PASSENGERS
300-FOOT HYDROPLANES FOR LANDING ON WATER!
REMARKABLE DESIGN.
London, Oct. 26.
The Air Ministry announces that turing a trial run of one of the auxiliary engines used for art- ug the main power units of the Airship R101, a small plug in the fabrication system of the surfing engine came unserewed, Temusing one of the gear wheels to see
up.
ITALY.
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TO LODGE PROTEST.
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DICTATOR'S LATEST.
Washington, Oct. 25,
has
FRONT.
NANKING POSITIONS BOMBED FROM AIR.
FEARS OF HUNAN REVOLT AGAINST NANKING.
CRITICAL TIMES FOR MINERS.
REDUCED HOURS BUT WAGES ALSO TO DROP.
GOVERNMENT EFFORT.
The State Department instructed the U. S. Ambassador FOREIGNERS WARNED. of the Miners' Federation, it was
in Rome to make representations to the Italian Government regard ing reports that American citizens of Italian extraction are being pressed for service in the Italian Army-Renter's American Service.
Rome. Oct. 25.
Neither intrigue from within, nor attack from without con. destroy the
Fascist present regime." lini, the Italian Dictator and declares Signor Masso-
Prime Minister; in a message to the Blackshirts throughout Italy on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the Fascist
The engine has been sent to the designers for rectification and further test. The flying trials of the airship are consequently sos-Revolution. pened for the time being-British Wireless
The New Giant.
The Message is corbed in typical Mussolini, phraseology.
It goes on to airm that no observer of Italy, who is not A great new British airship entirely blinded by prejudi, can of revolutionary "design, larger fail to see that Italy is advancing and far more powerful than the all fronts with the ordered R100, the R101 and the Graf advance and strårly tread of a Zeppelin, has been planned, and | nobilised "army--Kruter. models successfully tested, at Howden, near Hull.
This great airliner, which LABOUR TO MAKE
BIG EFFORT.
will carry 400 passengers and a
drew, is designed to alight upon | and take off from the water,
indicating that she will be used: for trans-oceanic flying.
The airship is to have two floate, 300ft. in length, which, filled with water when the giant is at rest, will act as anchors,'
Ocean Flights.
When the R100, now neating its trial stages, leaves its great hangar at Howden, the construc- tion of the new, super-airship is likely to begin.
HOPING FOR SUCCESSES IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
...
ACTIVITIES BEGUN.
London, Oct. 25.
EXTRA POLICE FOR
́ ́ WALL STREET.
FEARS OF TROUBLE IN.
NEW YORK.
STOCK EXCHANGE COLLAPSE NOT YET ARRESTED.
BING
836 PER ANNUK
OP 10 CENTA
We shall be proad to demonstrate to you what 'distinctive appearance and. what remarkable performance Buick can build into a alx at a price within the reách of millions, The HAR- QUETTE-Ballt by Buick-will stand at the head of its price class as daturally as Buick leads its field.
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.
Telephone Chatra: 1248 or 1247,
35 Wong Nal Chung Rund......... ..., Hajgy Valler
Bulls and Inners
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From the Office Butts.
Killed by an omnibus-why not? Judging by zal press corres
·So quick a death a boon.is, pondence, music hath charms,"
Let not his friends lament his allegrorically speaking!
loss-
Mors omnibus communis.
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Those who want a dollar on a sterling basis evidently think that
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London, Oct. 25.
And to think that we could have the sovereign remedy. After a meeting to-day between
been rich long ago if only they had a Cabinet Committee and officials
made the dollar worth Is, 6d.! Some of these bathroom
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vocalists will soon be trying to stated that the final proposals of
Couldn't we get Philip Snowden emulate "The Singing Fool," the Government in regard to the IMPROVED SITUATION. to Ax this exchange business for coal industry would be given in
tis?
A hen in America laid 350 eggs writing to the Miners' Federation
in less than a year. What about next Wednesday,
Some of these guesses about the getting it for our harbour pipe- the line? Gloucester Building site don't ap-pier to be correct.
Practically all the soil samples O O
Trom Hongkong, proved to be acid. Unprincipled people often take it is believed much of it was an interest only in those who have washed down from the upper
Shanghai. Oct. 25. The Peking-Hankow Railway
London, Oct. 25, resumed normal services this communique issued by the Nan- the moment primarily concerns morning, according to an official
Several hundred extra police stone structure found on It is understood the difficulty, at
were drafted into the Wall Street king Railway Ministry. The
the issue of hours of labour. The area to-day as a precautionary Minister states that there has Government is prepared to redeem measure. Apparently it was feared been a general retirement of the its election pledges to amend the that disturbances were possible na Kuominchun from districts near Eight-Hours Day Act of the late a result of the remarkable upscts the Railway thus rendering it Conservative regime, by substitut-
for the trains to
runing for it a seven hours day. The again without fear of interruption. Government possible
cannot, The Kuominchun leaders are enlisting new men in the vicinity of Loyang where more than 10,000 men have been accepted as ro- crufts in the army. They will be formed into a special Division.
Aerial Attacks
Aero-
sent The Kuominchun planes to bomb the Nanking positions at Kung Hsien and Hau Yee Hsien in Honan yesterday causing some casualties among the populace, but failing to hit the camps of the Nanking troops. Simultaneousy), Nanking
raftis launching bombing
en
Long and its vicinity, where the Kuominchun kas established its headquarters.
Hsu Chan, an important city in the central part of Ronan,
has been strengthened by the arrival of over three thousand Nanking troops, and sensational rumuurs to the effect that the Kuo- minehun ha captured Hsu Chany have been discounted.. It trans- pires that the Kuominchun main body is advancing on Hsu Chang
Great activity is developing in and is contemplating an early at- connexion with, the coming Muni-tack, So far, however, there has ripal Elections.
beea no encounter between Nau: king and the Kuominchun in this part of Hunan,
In London, the Municipal elec- Lions are held once in three years, when all the members of the Councils retire.
Photographs of a gale model of this great airship include some" In the other 3-4 cities and which show her at rest upon boroughs, one-third of the Council water. and il is learned lors retire each year and the that sho will be built elections are therefore held, each specially for trans-océanie flying.
The new airship will be Short.
Length Engines
R.100 700ft.
G
Passengers ..
100
Gas capacity
.. 5,000,000
New Airship. 850ft.
year...
The elections this year in these 343 cities and boroughs will be marked by a great effort on the part of the Labour Party to achieve successes similar to those which they obtained in the recent General Election.
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on the Stock Exchange. -
it
The Market opened with an ef- fort towards a rally, but however,
speedily reacted and started on the downward trend again.
guarantee that there shall be no reduction of wages. They are not possessel of the power to do su, The most they can do and they are seeking to do itly to obtain an assurance, from the coal-owners that they will not reduce "wages. Thus far, it is stated..the assur- ance has not been forthcoming, tion of hours would lead to a re- The owners contend that a reduc. duction of output and that the foreign market could be retained only by reducing the basic rates of wages.
The floor of the Exchange was again like Bedlam, though yester day's scenes of demoralisation were not repeated. Prices began move upwards towards the
to
close.
Trading rallied considerably for brief stages and then quietened down. Popular counters rose by from five to twenty points in the course of the day.
a substantial principal,
levels.
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One of these days, the Russians Latest news from North China will attack the Chinese when it indicates that both sides have isn't their turn. Then that'll be really begun to be offensive. real news.
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It now transpires that no-one A scientist has invented an stole a passage on the giant Ger- automatic man which can write man aeroplane. We doubt if the its name. We've had that kind in Stowaways' Union will be able to Hongkong for years.
live this down. Ос low who figures
And the felis
that everything that goes his to come down hasn't argued with the
More Hopeful Tone,
There was distinctly "more cheerful feeling at the close of terday evening, due to an impres- the rent. trading in the stock market yes.
But, in any case, the Govern- ment intends to proceed with the it is proposed this shall become legislation for reducing hours, and
operative in April next year-sion that, despite the Government British Wireless,
PRINCE UMBERTO ON WAY HOME.
THUNDEROUS OVATION AT
BRUSSELS.
up
landlord about
and banks' disavowals, they ure If we must prepared to prevent an abyssmal have parity, let collapse. as it would drag down us start right the nation's business and industry. away to pare.
The luxury businesses are the most likely to be affected in the shake-out.
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It's not much use a husband At a conference of bankers re-
having strong presenting over £1,200,000,000, it was indicated that yesterday's will power if market situation was largely due his wife has Brussels, Oct. 25, to technical trading conditions, stronger won's A thunderous, ovation was given rather than ta fundamental power. to the Crown Prince on leaving for causes, and many quotations had Italy. Very strict precautions boen carried below Justifiable were enforced to prevent unto- levels. ward incidents.
Di Rosa has made a statement that nobody instigated the at tempt on Prince Umberto. He had по thought of escaping, being "quite ready to sucrifice his life. He expected to be kill-
Kuominchun Intrigue.
The Kuomintang Department in Changsha has wired to Nanking reporting the, nelivities of a num- ber of Kaominchun emissarids who rrived secretly. in Hunan with the object of stirring up discontented on the spot. among the Hunan troops and get- ting them to rebel in support of the Kuominchun.
The Kuomintang Department re- port asserts, that some of the Hu- an militarists are "negotiating
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In last year's elections the with the Knominchun entors and 400
Labour Party gained 127 seats in may support the unti-Nankini 12,000,000 1,878 sents which felt vacant in
131 of the principal towns. F
movement. It is suggested that Nanking should issue an order for Every other party last year. re- the arrest, of the Kuominchun) en- in length, with a beam of 230ft,ceived a set-back, the Conserva-voys and of some of the doubtful and a depth of 150ft,
Fourteen Engines.
There will be accommodation
for 300 to 400
passengers and a large erow, and the monster will be Efted by the power of fourteen engines.
Her" gas capacity will be 12,000,- 000 cubic feet-two and a half times greater than the R100,
The airship will be purely a marine liner. She will have floats after the style of huge hydro- planes—300ft, long,
tives losing 70 seats, the Liberials militarists in Hunan. 19 and the Independents 37.- British Wireless.
MONARCHIST PLOT IN
RUSSIA.
'EXECUTION OF “COUNCIL
OF TWELVE."
Moscow, Oct 25, According to the Tass Official Agency, the Soviet authorities have uprooted a big Monarchist organisa- tion in the North Caucasus.
"Water Anchors." These floats will eary 300 tons The organisation was masquerad: of water each, and will act as ing as a religious sect. anchors when the airship is at When the authorities got wind rest on the ocean. Special pumps of the movement, the members of will be used to take the water its "Council of Twelve" were arrest from the floats, when the shiped and tried on charges of reason, starts on her journey.
the death sentence being passed and Cabins, corridors, decks, lounges carried out in each case. and the crew's quarters are to be Other members of the organisa- in the great bull, and every luxury tion arrested were sentenced to im provided for the passengers.
prisonment for terms varying be-i Before the new airship is built tween five years and ten years the great shed at Howden must be enlarged. It is already filled by the R100, at least it is in length
Renter.
and height, although the airship A SEAMAN'S WORKING does
not exceed more than half the breadth of the shed.
The engines of the R100 were. recently given a trial inside the hangar, und were heard a mile away. The engine driving the electrical generating plant in one of the cars "ran hot," and has
WEEK."
CONSULTATION WITH
GOVERNMENTS.
serious warfare 69 untizkvated in Honan.
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A Dramatic Rally. Yesterday will go down in his tory alongside the day of the out- break of the Great War, which necessitated closing the Exchange for seventeen weeks,
The mid-day rally wus signalised in a dramatic manner Brokerage houses were tossing margin accounts overboard whole sale, the rate and prices at their worst--United States. Steel being 190 compared with 218 'n week ago
Kiss mel Screen Start Her Husband and Leading Man: I wish you would stop telking shop!,
"Girl's must be allowed a good
When Hong- kong gets its air mail service going. It'll
be
easy to drop a friend a letter. ᄆᄆ
The days are
fast approach-
ing when you
will never be
able to have
your cake until
you eat it.
The trouble is that many Civil Servant, when faced
with a problem.
says he'd like to. sleep on it. ☐ ☐
It was demonstrated this week
deal of latitude in the matter of that even newspaper men can be dress," says '"a fashion writer, 'highflyers." The trouble is that they don't seem, to bother about the longitude. ·
A doctor says the bath-room is the most restful room in the house. This was discovered years ago by plumbers..
Practice makes perfect, but be careful what you practice.
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A stray bit from the belfry:-- "You can't sleep on an apricot.”... O D
What we want to know is where... the Vice-President's relatives are to sit if we get this United States of Europe..
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It has been reported In Command Orders that there are men over & Now that we're no longer 2" in stature for whom the ordinary bruces are barely long enough. troubled with a water shortage. Braces of 40" length will be stocked we can afford to leave well alone. in future by R. A. O. C. for Josue
It transpires that Di Rosa was brought up in a Milan foundling institution, and never knew his parents. He escaped from Italy last year to Paris, confronted with Di Pascale, ad-when a number of the most mitted she was raistaken as to his powerful bankers got together,
has few simple orders were given be identity, and Di Pascale
hind the scenes, and out of the The Chairman of the Rubber been released.-Router.
pandemonium quietly emerged the Producers'
The woman mentioned earlier,
THE "TALKIES.”
FIRST HONGKONG SHOWING DELAYED.
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Association, in
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figure of Richard Whitney. A speech at Amsterdam, denied that "Morgan broker" suddenly shoutthere had been any bouncing over ed "205 for 20,000 Steels." The the proposed control scheme. bid had an electrifying effect, and changed the whole situation, Reuter's American Service.'
Appropriate to the time of the year, the wool industry at Home would appear to be uneasy.
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The Diplomatic Body in Peking is said, by Chinese sources to have telegraphed to foreign residents at Shengi, and Honan advising them to evacuate for
Collapse at Montreal, Shanghai and other treaty-ports We are informed by the Hong-
Montreal, Oct. 25. Informing them that reliable in-kong Amusements. Eld, that the
A reader complains that local formation has been received that first appearance of the "talkies" values declining by hundreds of in."
The stock market here collapsed, motorists are too fond of "cutting This sort of thing should be at the Queen's Theatre will be millions of dollars. A short cut ont. delayed for a few days, owing to covering movement in the after- Settlement Possible...
unavoidable circunstances.
noon caused a partial recovery.
In view of the early approach of It was intended to oper
Winnipeg, Oct. 25. the wedding season, it would Hankow, Oct, 25. Wednesday with "The Singing. Hectic trading on the grain ex- Though the situation continues Fool", but this date cannot now change resulted in a net fall of six appear rather unkind of a local cinema to sercen "Beware of been no further be adhered to. However, the cente in wheat pricea, largely Married Men." tense, there has newa of fighting and yesterday delay will be only a matter of a owing to the debacle in the stock Chang Chih-chun intimated to an few days, and the opening date marketa. interviewer that there is every will be announced very shortly. possibility of hostilities ceasing very soon as the Government is trying its hardest to avold further bloodshed and is endeavouring to settle the question by peaceful political methoda.
Supporting this statement comes news from Taiyuan stating that Yen Hai-shan has formally agroed to mediate, and is accordingly re- up
turning to Taiyuan to open negotiations.
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PREMIER LEAVES FOR ENGLAND.
MESSAGE OF "THANKS TO CANADIAN PEOPLE.
Quebec, Oct. 25.
Millions of bushels were thrown on the market to cover the Wall Street reverses-Reuters Ameri ran Service.
NEW REGULATIONS.
INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN & CHILDREN.
The Gazette contains draft re- gulations which are prosposed a
pro.
Airy Nothings," being duced by the Warwick Company to-night, is in every way respec table.
Despite all this talk of peace, we note théré is to be a bicycle race at Macao on Armistice Day.
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A Turk.. 143 years old, was
to such men, Indents should be marked accordingly.]
You can't expect a ranker.
Who is over six feet two
To be a pukka awanker,
As you might expect him to. For his physical proportion, Which should give him airs and
graces,
Makes him march with care and
caution
Just because of scanty braces. When the sergeant makes it
snappy,
With his orders
were!"
"Asyer.
These giants are unhappy, And beneath their breath they
itis
changed to
swear, Then if
"Double!" They tremble at the knees; And they're even in sad trouble, If it's merely "Stand at euse !” But with "Braces" forty inches, No more shall tall men wilt; Though there would have been
no flinches,
Kilt!
If they'd only worn
MacWhinter's pants are now in dry dock having their pockets reinforced in view of the danger
killed in a motor accident the f carrying about cart-wheel
other day. The account didn't say whether or not his parents blamed the driver.
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dollars.
It would appear that the only
way rickshanen in Peking can rum
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Liu Shih has left Siangyang and. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald left for at present in at Wangshut. It is England on board the Duchess, of stated
that he is proceeding York to-day, after issuing a be made when the Industrial Em- The Magistrate this week is amok, marthward to inspect the Peking Message to the people of Canada ployment of Women. Young Per- doubled a woman's fine because Hankow line defences, and pos- expressing warm gratitude for the sibly will participate in military cordiality of their welcome. Conferences at Hsuchow and Cheng- Reuter's American Servicc. THEcho-Reuter,"
Geneva, Oct. 25.
It is notified that
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sons and Children Amendment she was talkative. Here's a tip Business is looking up. French
is passed.
for husbands who want to get rich joiners note with glee the fall of Under these regulations, lead quick
the Cabinet; mrocesses and vermilion * mailu- A Doubtful Claim.
facture are addet to the Pat of There must have been some. We had hoped that the mis- Hankow, Oct. 25.
wrecked dangerous trades. The following Aberdonians on the Navy League sioners aboard the Malolo would "committee. We hear have been able to fix this exchange The vernacular papers briefly vessel, with only keel and frames additional regulations have also concert since been receiving close atten- the Maritime Conference to-day Seng-chi have occupied Loyang. Wong Tai. Kowloon City, and cons
By a record vote of 76 to 17, state that the troops of Tang remaining, lies submerged off Sung heen Inserted:
some of the dollar tickets were problem for us, tlon.
No person shall employ any sold twicel adopted the report of the committee but this is inconceivable unlesstitutes an obstruction to shipping, women in any dangerous trade.
OD The R100 should have left the which urged the initiition of con- some agreement has been reached Unless this wreck is claimed within withou, the written permission of
A report has just reached us of shed by now, but the finishing sultations with the various interest between the
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald has had a bomb explosion in Swatow.. his U. S say touches are taking longer than ed Governments with a view to the as all reports of the fighting in Section 27 of Merchant Shipping No woman or young person
opposing forces seven days it will be removed under the Protector of Labour,
"If this low dollar is to continue, was expected, and it is unlikely conclusion of a Convention, fixing the Lunghal area hitherto indicata Ordinance No. 10 of 1899, and sold shall be employed in any Industrial
"Beards are coming back." says we can see all manner of beonle that she will be tried out for at the length of the seaman's work that the advantage has been on to defray the expense of such undertaking between 10 p.m., and a writer. They always are applying to the Benevolent
the Kuominchun side.-Reuter. removal.
That's why razors were invented. Society for blankets thin winter,
least a week. :
Ing week, Reuter,
6:a.m.