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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1930,
·MORE RIOTING IN INDISPOSITION OF REPARATION BOND
RANGOON.
THE KING.
CAMERON, HIGHLANDERS AID RHEUMATISM DUE TO RECENT
THE POLICE.
FIFTY NATIVES DEAD:
Rangoon, May 27.
Ten Indians are reported to have. been killed as a result of further Indo-Burman collisions which oe- curred here this afternoon. Up to the present fifty-four corpses have, been taken to the mortuary-since the trouble started.
A Government communique shows that the Police were forced to fire on three or four occasions during the riots when the rival. mobs showed an ugly temper towards them.
DAMP WEATHER. ›
NOTHING SERIOUS.
London, May 27.
The temporary indisposition of His Majesty the King, announced this morning, is not of a serious nature and has no connexion with his recent illness.
bus the
ISSUE.
MR. SNOWDEN PROTECTING THE LONDON MARKET.
POSITION OUTLINED.
London, May 27. Answering a number of ques- tions regarding the Reparations Loan under the Young plan, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Philip Snowden, in the House of Commons to-day, said detailed conditions of the proposed issue of reparation bonds were still under discussion betweeen the represen- tatives of Governments and of the banks concerned, and he could not yet say definitely what the precise form of the bonds would be.
The announcement state that for some days His Majesty has suffered from a painful though localised rheumatism of the right hip, and that although he been advised not to attend Royal Courts being held to-night and to-morrow, he hopes to fulfil engagements later in the week.
The ceremonial of the Court involves considerable physical The Cameron Highlanders, arm-strain which would, in the circum- to any modification of the pro-
It is known that Burmese parties murdered many Andhras in their houses, but at the present time the number is not ascertainable.
ed with machine guns, strengthen ed. the Police and helped to dis- arm the armed parties. Strong, parties are now guarding the main road to prevent an inflow of fresh troublesome elements.
Both sets of rioters caused con- siderable damage to property and there was some looting yesterday,
evening. Reuter.
OC-
stances, have been painful to the King. Consequently the Queen, escorted by the Prince of Wales, is holding the Courts to-night and
to-morrow.
It is thought that the attack of rheumatism is largely attributable to the recent period of cold, damp
weather.
Mr. 'Snowden added that he had; made it clear to the British repre- sentatives that he could not agree Visions included in the experts plan with a view to protecting the and, in particular, that he would interests of the London Market, object to any arrangement under which either principal or Interest on the bonds of foreign issues was payable at the option of the holder in sterling at par exchange. Subject to this, the details of the bonds would have to be settled by agreement conais- tently with the plan.
OF
The King's engagements later in the week include attendance at the opening of the Royal Tourna- ment on Thursday and a reception of the delegation of the Congress to ensure the success of the loan of Imperial Chambers of Com- if no issue had taken place in London, and he did not think it merce on Friday.
would have been reasonable consistent with the position London as a financial centre to refuse an issue in London, provid- ed that it was subject to the: condition that the proceeds would: be paid to the British Exchequer. the Mr. Snowden added that
| It would not have been possible
Huge Casualty List,
Rangoon, May 27. Several serious collisions curred this morning, this Lime between Indians and Burmans. The military police opened fire and several Indians were injured. All is quiet at present but the atmosphere is very tense. Casual ty figures at mid-day were $20 per sona treated at hospital as in- | Wireless. patients and 420 as out-patients.; The exact number of dead is un-" ascertainable.
The attack is not interfering with His Majesty's routine work at the Palace, and he received visitors to day as usual. British
The city is desoiate; the mills are FISHING RIGHTS
silent and the bazaars and shops closed. Only a few officea are open and their staffs are working be. hind locked doors.
Military police and British In- dian troops are stationed at dan- ger spots.
The police and the special' con- stabulary, consisting of European civilian volunteers armed with rifles, are patrolling the streets. All nurses and doctors have been requisitioned for special duty at the hospital.-Reuter,
LOTTERIES LAW IN F.M.S.
(Continued from Page 1.) from the Association to a member
of the public.
His Lordshp:-I don't think the prosecution has alleged that. These two tickets got out from books issued to members.
No Proof of Access.
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Mr. Shearn contended that the evidence produced by the pro- secution in the present case there
was no proof that the public had or might have had access. Were they to say that, because of the sale of one or two tickets to a non-
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Featuring the Roomal Broadway Stars J. Harold MURRAY
Norma TERRIS
Walter CATLETT – Tom PATRICOLA Lennox PAWLE Irene FALASTY Jaka GARRICK AND A STUPENDOUS SUPPORTING CAST
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DAYE STAMPER 101 ARTHUR KAY
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IN money subscribed would be applied to the redemption of the National Debt.-British Wireless.
TEMPORARY AGREEMENT WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
CONVENTION LATER.
London, May 27. The Anglo-Russian temporary fisheries agreement, which comes into force immediately and is to serve as a modus vivendi pending the conclusion of a formal Conven- tion, permita British registered fishing boats to fish at a distance of from three to twelve geographical miles from low water mark along the northern coasts of Russia and the islands dependent thereon, and permits them to navigate and an- chor in all waters contiguous to these coasts.
THREE COAL DEALERS DISCHARGED.
THEFT FROM M.B.K, YARD NOT PROVED.
Three members of the Chuk Lof coal dealers stood charged before; Mr. Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, with the theft of a quantity of coal from, the M.B.K. yard, and, alternative- ly, with receiving the coal know ing it to have been stolen or un-j lawfully obtained.
Mr. G. S. Hugh-Jones appeared for the first two, defendants, who firm. were described as partners of the
on
The
According to the evidence, a Japanese tallyman who was As regards bays, the distance is duty at 3.30 am, on Sunday Inst measured from a line drawn across saw a man carrying a sack. the bay in the part nearest the en- man dropped the sack as soon as trance at the first point where the he saw the Japanese and ran away. width does not excecd ten miles. Later, when an Indian' watchman
In the White Sea, British fishing went оп boats, may fish north of Latitude 68 degrees 10 North outside three miles from land. The waters to which the agreement applies lie between Meridians 80 and 40.
Nothing in the agreement is to prejudice the views held by either Government as to the limits in international law of territorial water.
member by a member participating in a members' sweep, therefore the public had had access? If they did, every sweepstake must be a public lottery because in every
There are two Protocols, one pro- sweepstake one member in the prividing that the agreement shall not vate concern or club might sell a entitle British Ashing boats to ticket to somebody who was not a navigate in Russian inland or other member.
waters which may be closed to
duty he found foot- marks and traces of coal leading to the defendants" godown at the entrance of the M.B.K. yard. The Indian Saw
the men entering premises and the defendants were
seen to watch some coolies work- ing on a quantity of coal.
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The watchmen both identified the coal because it was similar to the coal in the yard, and also quantity was found missing from 2 dump which was dry and corres- ponded with the state of the coal found in the defendants' dump,
I take it the only defence would be other to the effect that the British night.
His Lordship: If that were so, foreign vessels generally, and the although it had been raining that
Mr. Shearn said that that would
to satisfy the court that it was a Government adhere to their view as The Indian watchman admitted private lottery.
to the right of British fishing boats under cross-examination that the to fish in waters to which the tem- path. leading to the defendants' not come within the definition,porary agreement does not apply yard was always covered with "has or may have access." They and reserving the right to reopen coal dust while there were small knew that in every case a man might sell a ticket and therefore in when the negotiations for a
the question of limits specific there- lumps of coal there as well.
His Worship found there was in- in every case the public had or formal Convention take place sufficient evidence, and the defin-
British Wireless.
might have access.
His Lordship:-I suppose that
is a risk that everybody must take who runs a lottery.
Further Points.
secretary to assure the court that
it was a private lottery and that it
that they
dants were discharged.
SHANGHAI MERCURY. VOLUNTARY WINDING UP
PROPOSED.
Shanghai, May 28.
Mr. Shearn further submitted had been all the way through a that because one of the two tickets private lottery. was found in the belongings of a! Defendants claimed dead man he could not be deemed need not give any evidence at all, to have bought it. Thus they and that the onus had never shift-At a forthcoming extraordin were left with one iolated case of ed. on to them. It seemed to his ary meeting of the Shanghai the sale of a ticket. It was a Lordship that in these circum- Mercury, Ltd., the following re- members' lottery and not one to stances it did shift. A ticket was solution will be submitted, "That which the public had, or might bought in a shop; it was traced the Company cannot, on account. have access. The holder of this, to a member's book; from that of its liabilities, continue in busi- ticket had not access to the fund. member it got to the shop and ness and that it is advisable that it
Case Sent Back..
the clerk of the shop sold it to a accordingly be voluntarily wound member of the public. It seemed up": Our Own Correspondent.
to
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J. Harold MUNNAY and Norma TERRIS Could Love So Tenderly
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After further discussion his his Lordship that when this. A notification published on May Lordship gave his decision. He happened the unfortunate people 22 gave notice that Messrs. Cumine said that he did not think there who were getting up the and Co., Ltd., had resigned as was any morit in Mr. Shearn's first lottery must satisfy the court that general managers of
they were not responsible for it. Shanghai Mercury, Ltd, and that point as to distribution
Procceding, he said that Mr. Otherwise the law would be an Messrs. Mortimer Reid and Slee.of. Shearn's clients, who were the
absolute farce, because these 18, the Bund, Shanghai, had been manager and eacretary of the people could get their members to appointed its secretaries. " association, wished to start a sell tickets right and left and lattery and they had not succeed-could never be prosecuted for it. tive country, the 19-year-old son of Almost within sight of, his na- ed at the moment in keeping it thought the magistrate was wrong Aberdeen, died of pneumonis on For that reason his Lordship Mrs. Dempster, of Fish-street, private lottery because some tickets had got out and had been in not calling on the defence. board a steamer returning from the found outside the possession of; His Lordship sent the case back, United States. Before the end be the members. He referred to one to the police court and made an beckoned the doctor and nurse to ticket in particular, which was order that the defence should be his bedside and introduced them to bought from a clerk in a shop. called on, and. if no defence was his mother, whose form he im
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