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X WAF SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1930.
WORST TYPHOON IN JAPAN
FOR FORTY YEARS.
BIG LOSS OF LIFE.
Tokyo, July 19:
The most furious typhoon for forty years, having ravaged Loo- chees and Kyushu, struck southern Korea with unabated force at noon
WORCESTER VICTORY. yesterday, according to a message
made
80
for the
that the tota!
casualties at Loo-
ATTEMPT TO KILL DARING DAYLIGHT FIGHT ON NAVAL
OFFICIAL.
LUCKY ESCAPE NEAR SHANGHAI
INTENDED VICTIM FORMERLY
IN CANTON.
A GRENADE THROWN.,
Shanghai, July 18.
A commotion was caused in Hangchow, near Shanghai, on Wednesday by a sensational attempt to take the life of a ment official, Mr. Chu Chia-hua, prominent. Nationalist Govern-
the
Commissioner
MURDER.
WEALTHY MERCHANT STABBED LAST EVENING.
ASSAILANT ESCAPES.
Criminal Investigation Depart ment officials are greatly excrcised
a daring murder enacted: over within the City yesterday evening. at 6 o'clock, when a Chinese, who was walking through Hillier Street in company with relatives, was suddenly attacked by another man with a dagger and mortally wounded. The assailant, who had the appearance of a coolie, made good his escape.
took place, connects the Praya Hillier Street, where the murder
TREATY.
U.S. SENATE STILL ARGUING.
PHILIPPINES DEFENCE AGAIN
TO THE FORE.
AT JAPAN'S MERCY.
Washington, July, 10. More importantly than ever before, the Philippine Islands to day figured prominently in the debate on the senate floor over London Naval Treaty of 1930. the question of ratifying the
Secret Document.
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"THE WORLD ON WHEELS" An interesting Film showing the activities of-
FORT DUNLOP
The Stronghold of the British Tyre Industry
THE WORLD THEATRE
TO-DAY ONLY.
The Star Theatre
TO-DAY and MONDAY.
Bulls and Inners
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From the Office Butts.
The only time some Civil Ser vants are stung into action is when the mosquitoes get busy on moonlight picnics.
According to the Chamber of Commerce, there's very little doing in Spring Fancies. None the less, young men's inclinations still to turn in the direction seem indicated by the poet.
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Government officials, saya Home newspaper, resent being questioned. This may account for the frequency with which we now hear Hongkong Civil Servants exclaiming: "Don't axe me!"
☐ ☐ We sympathise with the golfer, who, when performing the cere mony of cutting the first sod, care- fully replaced the divot.
Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon, married recently,
From Fusan, No details of the Cleathe London, July 18.
or damage in Korea are Excellent form was shown by available at the moment, some of England's Test players Estimates of the dead and injur in the Gentlemen v. Players are still more guesswork, but match which ended in a draw at the authorities are of the opinion to-day. Duleepsinh cho Kyushu and in Korea are Lord's
A reader wants to know the scored a century in each innings, probably several hundreds,
meaning of the term, "The White Civil with Des Voeux Road, and along of
Senator Royal 3. Copeland, Deni-Man's Burden." Sutcliffe
The majority of the casualties
In Hongkong, it Players and Leyland took seven cured on shore and consist of Affairs of the Chekiang Provin- this street at the time there was gerat of New York, insisted that means increased taxation.
a large crowd of coolies who had in event of disturbancea in the wickets for 94 runs. Rain inter-people morely injured by the col-cial Government. fered with the County matches tape of houses. A heavy deathroll The attempt on the life of this just knocked off work for the day Pacific the Philippines would be but Yorkshire and Worcester Liferent, however, when the storra Nationalist official is likely to at the quays.A man, whose dress at the mercy of Japan and could be
invaded. toll afloat is fully known. scored decisive victories.
voke considerable comment in made him indistinguishable from South China, as Mr. Chu was at the others, suddenly stepped out one time, for a period of about a from the crowd and approaching
The other outstanding develop- year, the Civil Commissioner of the victim, who was hurrying the. Cauton Government.
along in the opposite direction, ment of the treaty involved Charles movie stars, The Hangehow telegrams state suddenly pluriged a dagger into G. Dawes, United States Ambas- should get along nicely, unless, of
Daniels sador to London. It was
decides to that Mr. Chu Chia-hun was travel.his breast.
made course, ling in a motor car when a party
clear here that Secretary of State rearrange things in the Lyon's
den. Henry L. Stimson and President vehicle and later threw a grenade
Hoover desire to keep secret docu
The leader which failed to explode.
involved in the treaty negotiations at London because of London of remarks they contain made by orchestra has Ambassador Dawes
finished concerning just European personages.
conducting his In the debate over the treaty to- | 4,000th concert day Senator Copeland questioned in five years. He the wisdom of leaving Unalaska raust lead the unfortified when it has a bay suf- ficiently large to accommodate the entire United States navy.
Results in Brief.
Gentlenen v. Players drawn. Somerset won on innings rainst Surrey Ar Oval.
Every part of Kyushu
was surged, but the typhoon was at it worst at Nagasaki. Three small steamers and fifty smaller craft first including motor-boats, sailers and thesammans, sank inside the harbour. The majority of the crews of the Yorkshire beat Gloucester by ants were ashore, but many pen-of desperadoes tried to stop the Innings and 187 at Bristol.
The Glamorgan-Sussex match at Pontypridd was abandoned, the result in teclaged a draw,
Northants drew with Ksses at Northampton.
Worcester beat Lleestes by an Thring." uns at Worcester.
The Honours List,
the
ple who were on board perished. Some of the bodies have already been recovered.
The Governor of the Nagasaki Prefecture has sent a brief radio report to the Home Ministry in dienting that there has been a heavy ass" or "Te among the seafaring fulk,
The message states "Several boats sank in Nagasaki Harbour.
covered after the storm."
Attack Prevented.
Police officers arrived in time to prevent the assassins from attack- ing the Nationalist_officer. The grenade would undoubtedly have smashed the motor car to atoms if it had exploded.
The principal batting and land a number of bodies were reserving under the Canton Govern- ling performances during matches which finished to-day are set out below:
Batting
Duleepsinhji (Gents.)
and
Oldroyd (Yorks) Liddell (Northants) Wood (Yorkshire) Sutcliffe (Players)
• Not out.
Bowling,
Perks (Worcester) Verity (Yorkshire) Rhodes (Yorkshire)
and
Brook (Worcester) Peach (Surrey) Astill (Leicester) Leyland (Players) Peebles (Gents.)
Gents. v. Players.
125 102.
127
12)
91
50
For
20
A for
18
for 21
for $3 for 37
5 for
4 for
7 for
пай
6 for 10%
The Governor also
said that
It will be recalled that while
ment Mr. Chu was concurrently many of the public buildings had the Sun Yat-sen University, and, acting as the Vice-Chancellor of had their roofs blown off while being a politician of the others were seriously damaged, in school of thought, he was respon- cluding the Prefectural Govern-sible for furthering the woman's ment headquarters.-Rørter.
lie movement in South China, took a great interest in dress re- forms under this movement.
COMMUNAL RIOTING IN BENGAL.
EIGHT KILLED IN RECENT DISTURBANCES,
Mymensingh, July 18.
new
Nanking Excitement. According to Japanese sources. telegraphic communcation between Nanking and Pangfow has been interrupted since this morning, and great concern has been felt for the safety of the latter city, in view of its proximity to Nationalist capital,
thu
The attack took place within full view of two women, the wife and sister-in-law of the victim, who were walking on either side of him.
Zane
THRILLING RESCUE IN __MID-ATLANTIC.
British Ship Saves Crew and Passengers.
N.D.L. POAT AFIRE.
London, Faly 18. The British ship Rangitata, sailing under the flag of the New Zealand Shipping Com- pany, to-day effected the rescue of the passengers and crew of the North German Lloyd vessel Targia; of 5,900 tons,
in the mid-Atlantic.- News of the rescue reached London in wireless messages from the Rangitata, which is a vessel of 18,000 tons.
The Targis, bound for Bremen from North America, carried a crew of 42 and a few passengers, and when the Rangitata arrived on the scene she was badly on fire in three
All the passengers and crew taken on board the Rangitata. British Wireless.
It is officially announced that in the recent disturbances in the Situated on the Tientsin-Pukow Kishorganj district eight rioters Railway, Panyfow is about seventy were killed and seventy arrested. miles from Nanking and is mid- Houses. both of Hindus
halds. and way between Nanking and the Nu- } Mohamedans. Were Jooted and tionalist Headquarters on this rail-
were way, Hsuehow. The importance of The disturbances occurred on Pangfow in the present war needs. innings of 125 when the Gentle- men balled first at Lurd's. TheyJuly 13 when communal rioting no emphasis, and the Japanese state were all out for 292, Leyland being broke out, there hein? extensive that plain clothes Küominchun in form with the bali and taking booting and incendiarism despite forces must have rippeared -seven wickets for 91 runs. The firing by the police. One police The Players went in to make 263. Į pfizer was injured. The Frontier
Duleepsinhji
played
Linburned.
Herbert Sutcliffe knock up a Hiles were drafted to the district
valuable 80 before his wiket fell to prevent Peebles did the most have among
Renter. the bat men, taking six wickets) for 105.
Going in again the Gentlemen. declared at 197 for four wickets after Duleepsịnhji had made bisi second century of the match. ile curried his bat for 18. There Was not sufficient time for Lie game to be decided, however, and ended in a draw with the Players" second inaing's scaberat 33 for three wickets.
turther sonfers.
KEEN DAVIS CUP CONTEST.
USA, WINS SINGLES FROM ITALY.
wires.
Shanghai Uneasy.
near
+
ments
:
Menace to Japan.
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baton averages.
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After smoking
144 cigarettes
In 15 hours to break a world's record, a Bul
Senator David A. Reed, Repub- lican of Pennsylvania and a mem- ber of the American delegation to the London conference, replied Brian was that such a naval base would declared to be menace Japan and would be un-in perfect con- necessary in the defence of the Idition. His ex- mainland.
Aperience made Senator Reed contended that the him inhale and London treaty does not change hearty. fortifications in the Pacific in any
way.
"Surely," said Senator Reed, "Senator Copeland did not expect us to get a treaty establishing Japan's inferiority in her own wa- ters. We went to London to get a treaty fair to all parties."
At Japan's Mercy.
Then it was that Senator Cope- land insisted that in event of war the Philippines would be at the mercy of Japan and could be in- vaded. He said the trans-Pacific trade of the United States should also be considered by the senate
on the Londo before it votes pact.
London.
.
To-day's Howler:-Our neigh- bour's new wireless set.
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"Everybody likes change," says writer. We've noticed that with these restaurant "boys."
[According to a Sanitary Inspector, breed mosquitoes for, the specific certain residents of Kowloon Tong purpose of feeding goldfish.]
The East is quite famous, of
course,
For the risk we incur from the
"skecter;"
To combat them we have laws
in force,
And strew kerosene by the litre. To kill them is most people's.
aim,
Though in Kowloon Tong, this
they don't wish, And they've suddenly sprung
into fame,
By breeding them for the gold-"
fish!
So our old friends "culex" and
"anoph"
At last have found a safe
sanctum
Where they're perfectly safe
and well off, «
And can bite, and there's no-one
to spankum!
Client: She's been saying. the most dreadful things about my face.
Lawyer: Yes, yes, I know. But I don't advise you to sue. 'It would cost you more than'
the whole thing's worth.
It's really very hard and very
rough, Though of staff perhaps we
have more than enough; To introduce the axe, And suggest that we are lax, Is not at all the proper sort of
stuff!
We really cannot help the
dollar's fall,
And it hits us just as hard, yea,
one and all;
Of course, we need not mention. That it can't affect our pension, Providing we don't get the
"homeward call."
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The Chinese recently sent to prison for steal- ing a ham prob- ably considered hí B
Bentence the unkindest cut of all...
Aerial honey-. moons are said "to be growing in popularity. But
the couple soon come down to earth.
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We suppose it's the law of parity which keeps the dollar down. OD
The portrait of a Prince which appeared in a contemporary this week was accurate so far as the name was concerned, ..
The tender for supplying the axe to the Retrenchment Commit- tee has been awarded to Messrs, D. Part and Go., Tsd.
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A reader says he's tired of ramophone records being broad- ast. What be evidently wants is a change of air.
O O
If trade is bad we shouldn't
bear the whacks,
"Learning Saxaphone at 84," We're not the cause of all the ways a heading. We sympathise
slumps and Blacks;
with those living at Nos. 83 and 85.
And it's sad to think that we, The reason soon may be, For a local boom in wretched
things called "sacks."
People of moderate means at
A share market report speaks of "covering by shorts." Aren't the modern skirts much more effec- tive?
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Is reference to "Cabaret" a Malaprop?
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Pangfow and cut the telegraph The victini uttered a cry and start- ed in pursuit of his assailant, but on reaching the There is a possibility of a battle he collapsed
Senator Hiram Johnson, Repub- between the plain clothes Kuomin-Praya.
liean of California and leader of The assailant escaped, and in the fight against the London pact. chun troops and the Nationalist Garrison forces going on at the mospite of the utmost efforts on the declared to-day that the Senate ment, which may explain the in- part of Criminal Investigation lacks the courage to obtain the terruption of communication.
Department officials, who last much discussed secret documents night threw a net which included passed at London. He said the all points of egress from the Senate is entitled to the documents
"Space," says Einstein, "is ent- Chinese Communists in Shanghat Colony, he has not yet been cap- which Secretary Stimson refusesing up
matter." Looking for to deliver. are seizing the opportunity caused tured.
parking space does have that "I am not interested in the ex-effect on gray matter. by the withdrawal of the greater The victim, who died almost part of the Chinese Garrison forces] immediately upon his admission pressions of the reply of our am from Shanghai to carry out de into hospital, was a well-to-do bassador to Great Britain regard-
An order for nearly thirty monstrations and the distribution merehunt, named Tam Ma-tseng. ing his personal opinions of men," Paris. July 18.
will give of "Red" literature among the la- who is stated to have made a sub- said Senator Johnson, "but there Home, who were wont to boast of In the inter-zone final of the bouring class.
are in those papers the written their "rich relations in Hong- British locomotives Davis
stantial fortune during a sojourn records of American proposals in kong" are now not.displaying the employment for nine months to Cup Competition. the Over fifteen Communists have in the United States. He return- Somerset v. Surrey. Cated States and Italy began their been apprehended during the pasted from America a year ago, and British and Japanese replies in change of address.
There are also the same cagerness to notify each 2.000 men. That's proceeding on
the right track. match to-day.
two days in Greater Shanghai. after a visit to his native village writing." Somerset got a first innings Allison (U.S.A.) won his singles decision in a low scoring inatch match with
in Chungshan was to have return- Smuggled Jewellery:
We hear of a local Aberdonian De Stefani after a
ed to the States with his wife and when they dismissed Surrey in the great tussle which went the full
who is thinking of going to Tong- The Finance first innings for 158. Somerset five sets.
Ministry in a sister-in-law. 'The scores were 4-6, Nanking, has received a communi-
Senator Kenneth McKellar, Dem.kawan. in order to see what this roplled with
While awaiting to take their 179, Peach taking | 7-9, 0-1, 8-6, 10-8. five wickets for 25. Surrey tried
0.0 A start was made in the match que from the Chinese Consul passage on a President liner for oerat of Tennessee and author of new. free port is like.
a resolution demanding the secret. General in Kobe warning the Seattle. the man and the two to force the issue by declaring at between fot! (U.S.A,). and
documents, took the floor and The "You Know? Series:-You 16 for four, but they could not Morpurgo, but he ate had to be time Customs officials of the Asia, near which the attack took London treaty will result in even at Repulse Bay, he can't keep DeShanghai authorities and Mari women had put up at the Hotel ridiculed the claims that the know he's an accountant because get Somerset out in the time and postponed owing to bad light when smuggling of gold jewellery from place. They were returning to the economies. He pointed out that his eyes off the figures. the match ended with the latter's the American was leading by two Shanghai, in defiance of the Hotel from a barber shop when the naval appropriations have been score at 50 for tyo wickets.
sets to one, the scores being 36 Chinese gold embargh. 9-7, 10-8-Reuter.
affair occurred,
constantly increased since the The Kobe Consular authorities
Reading all these advertising have received information that a
Washington conference of 1921- slogans for world-famous resorts, 1922.
what of large
jewellery:
about. the quantity
Government adopting--"See Hongkong·and ·. smuggled from China is being
Take "Teeth" Out Of Resolution.
Bust." Imelted in Japan and the smuggling ayndicates are said to be making
Proponents of the treaty won huge profits.
JAPANESE FISHING
DISASTERS.
Yorkshire v Gloucester. Gloucester met with a very severe defeat at the hands of Yorkshire when the winners made 462 in their only innings. Oldroyd made 127 before hist his wicket was taken and Wood was unlucky in miesing his century by nine runs. Gloucester were skittled out for 125, Rhodes taking
Tokyo, July 19, four for 53 and Verity five for 18. Fifty-six fishermen are reported When Gloucester went in again to be missing as a result of two they were dismissed for 150, accidents, not connected with the Rhodes this time taking four for Kyushu typhoon. 21...
FEARED LOSS OF OVER FIFTY LIVES.
MOTOR RACING IN IRELAND.
Sees No Economies,
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What about a decoration, For the brightest peroration, On the ethics of the modern craze
for "life."
Should we dance on till the morning, Keep it up until we're yawning, Even though it's with some other
fellow's wife? Should cabarets be vetoed? Even though the young and
fleet-toed,
Bemoan the absence of a peppy
spot
1
Shall we can a few 'odd laurels, Guarding other people's morals, Or shall we move the mote that
we have got?
It is not definitely known
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No wonder Australia · Leeds larising aviation in Hongkong will England has to go through an old The worst thing about popu- slightly In Test honours, when be that some people will be given field, a wood full of obstacles, further opportunities of looking across a "horni” brook and over a down on the Colony,
wallfes
FURTHER SUCCESSES FÓR
their first skirmish when they It is trusted that the local Mr. T. V. Soong, the Finance
BRITISH CANS..
obtained the adoption of an application of the axe will not whether, among those present at Minister, has been recalled by the
amendment taking the "teeth" out stunt the anticipated growth of a recent reception, was the Editor Government to. Nanking, where
London, July 18.
of the McKellar resolution. promising family trees of the dis of the Timbuctoo Warrior. the Nationalfat leaders are con-
'The first of the two Irish inter. As a result of the amendment, tant future. sidering the passing of regula national Grand Prix automobile the resolution was changed from tions by the Maritime Customs road races at Dublin to-day was one which demanded that the prohibiting the exportation from won by Victor Gillows in a Riley. president deliver to the senate for China of all jewellery, made of Captain Waites, with an Austin examination the documents relat
was second, and an Alfa Romeo, ing to the negotiations prior to Position Reviewed. driven by Eyston, came, in, third, the London conference to one There was a tie for the fourth requesting that he transmit the Peking, July, 18, place between a Fraser-Nash and papers if to do so wasn't The Glamorgan Sussex natch in the Chiba Prefecture with 89 Reviewing the military situation an Austin. Ma
compatible with public Interest. at Pontypridd was abandoned, people on board, and the Kotohira at the weekly Press conference, The race for the larger cars The amendment was adopted by when Glamorgan had made 201 in Maru, off Shimoda, with seventeen Chu Ao-halang said that Shih Yu- takes place to-morrow British a vote 88 to 17 and later the res
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Wireless. people on board-Reuter...
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Continued on Pasé 18.)
Glamorgan v. Sussex.
In both cases small motor craft went on the rocks during fog and Bank-the Eiji Maru off Katsuura
göld,
Some people think that, an axe Those who yearn for brighter, is not nearly big enough to do the Hongkong nights should see the work in Hongkong. What about taxi-cab array outside the Post
circular saw!
Office