NANNING ATTACK
PLANNED.
"CANTON & YUNNAN FORCES LTO COMBINE.
BIG-SCALE MOVE.
Canton, Sept. 3.
ROAD WIDENING DISPUTE.
INDIGNATION AROUSED IN
WILTSHIRE
MINISTRY FIRM. The Ministry of Transport's de
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| POSSIBLE · MURDER IN
NEW TERRITORIES
MAN'S BODY FOUND AFTER «
A FIGHT...
The police are investigating & case which has the appearance of a village murder, Involving a Chinese of 65 years who had been residing at Au Tau, New Territories.
'BACK TO LAND" MOVEMENT.
WATCHWORD OF THE GREEK GOVERNMENT,
IMPERATIVE. NEEDS.
-"Back to the land,” is the watch-
LOST RIGHT TO CHILD.
MOTHER'S PLEA FOR ITS RETURN FAILS.
1930.
SECRET HOME,
The appeal by Helen Carroll, an against the refusal of Mr. Justice unmarried domestic servant,
it transpires that "the Chinese word of the present Greek Gov- The capture of Nanning and the termination to proceed with the became involved in a fight with &ernment in its agriculture policy. Charles, in Chambers, to grant end of the long-drawn-out widening of the Bath Road from' Kwangsi campaign seem to be now Froxfield to Marlborough remains party of about five villagers and Efforts are being made to carry her custody of her infant daughter.
definitely in view.
The combined forces of the 8th and 10th Route Armies, Cantonese and Yunnanses forces. paring to make a most determined assault on Nanning during the next few days. The 59th Division
are pre-
unshaken in spite of the indigna
Wiltshire.
He
was wounded, on Monday. died later in the day and his body tion aroused by the scheme in was discovered on Wednesday, Correspondence issued by the which led to the suspicion that he Council for the Preservation of was secretly buried by those res Rural England. Includes a letter ponsible for his death. from the Ministry to the Society
It has not been established since
home to the Greek people that the field is not less important for na- tional prosperity and happiness than the sea.
More than 80 per cent. of the values of the exports of Greece are represented by its agricultural
ternational competition on the sea
Joan, was dismissed in King's Bench Divisional Court,
It was stated that the child was Isleworth infirmary, in April, 1929. born in Warkworth House, an In October of that year Carroll asked the secretary of the Home
of the 8th Route Army under written recently, and stating that/whether, he died of natural causes products. Considering that in less Children's Aid and Adoption |
General Yu Hon-mou are reported to be at Wutang, within 80 lt of Nanning, Meanwhile, other forces under General Yang Ting-
chung and General Chu Wai-chan
are at Chang Tang on the West River.
A letter was sent from the Coun- eil to the Ministry on July 17 pointing out that a question of general principal was involved in the proposal, and urging that only the most urgent parts of the scheme should be carried out until a regional planning scheme had been prepared for the area through which it passes.
adoption.
the Minister could see no reason or consequent on his wounds. why the execution of the work According to later reports, it ap- is so powerful to-day the intensive Society to arrange for the infant's should be delayed.
pears that the deceased, Cheung cultivation of the land becomes The child was placed with a Pak-yau, (55), a bean curd maker, more urgent and imperative for young married Protestant couple Was a native of Sheung Tse, in the existence of the Greek nation. in the North of England, who pe the Pat Heung Valley. His body Though in the past all incoming was found by the police buried on and outgoing governments have came attached to it and desired the hillside
legally to adopt it Monday. It is said that a former of agriculture for national wel- about 5.30 p.m. on recognized the great significance
Sir Thomas Inskip, K.C. (for police constable, who resigned fare, nothing very important has the society), said the mother now about three years ago is wanted thus far been done radically to wore that she could not be en-
connexion with the affair.
ameliorate the situation. This tirely separated from her child, heavy duty has fallen to the shared she would be if it was adopted. of the present administration. A brought up in the Roman Catholic She also desired that it should be new law disposes of the re-
faith. organization of agricultural sor- vices on the decentralization eys should be parted from Joan abso. "I failed to appreciate that I tem which establishes a close con-
Nanning, the capital of Kwangs, and Liuchow are now the last two strongholds in the handa of the rebel Kwanrsi forces, in order completely to annihilate the rebels General Chan Chal- tong, Commander-in-Chief of the "We think that it may be neces Nationalist forces in South China, Isary to go even further than safe- plans to attack simultaneously at guarding the widening of the road Nanning and Liuchow, the assault and preservation of its frontages," on the latter place being entrusted, the letter stated, "by means of im- to the brigades under General provement lines and town-planning Wong Yam-wan and General Fan Tack-sing.
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schemes where it passes through areas for which they are being pre- pared."
Reducing the "Raw Effect."
ARGENTINE NOW QUIETER.
PARLIAMENT TO MEET SHORTLY.
seer.
tact between the rural popula-lutely," she had said.. tions and agricultural specialists. If this child was given back to In virtue of this law. the coun- the mother, and Sir Thomas, it General Char Chai-tong, him-
try has been divided into 40 agri- would go into the Catholic Home, self is still in Canton, but plans
cultural regions. The adminis- and be the subject of institutional Buenos Aires, Sept. 3. to return to his headquarters at
The situation here seems easier.tration of each of these depart-life. Then, later, if it was fit for Wuchow within the next day or "It is possible and we believe it now transpires that Senor Dements is confided to a chief over- emigration, it would be sent to two.
has been done elsewhere--not only
Canada. It seemed better that it Admiral Chan Chak. Comman- to earmark or acquire the land for leptane, on resigning the post of
should have the benefit of the Minister of War yesterday, declar- der-in-Chief of the 4th Naval the widening, but to carry out oned that President Irigoye was
good home where it now was. Squadron, Kwangtung Provincial arrange for the planting which will Fleet, has at last left on his long-fall into the ultimate scheme in deferred tour of inspection of due course, and thus reduce the Southern Kwangtung and Hainan raw effect which everyone so much the President appear in an unfa agricultural installations, experi: were written down and handed to Island. He left Canton yesterday deplores in a new road." afternoon by his flagship Chung 'Shan; he was accompanied by his parations of the ground might be ber of the leading followers of the mechanical culture, model fields, suggested that secrecy should bo
Chief Secretary, Mr. Chim Kuk-su and by Mr. Chan Pak and Mr. Yang Sim of the Provincial
Council.
Admiral Chan Chak plans to be
The letter added that other pre-
immediately undertaken, and that dangerous cornera and narrow places could be dealt with at once. "The scheme for widening, in a made part and word, should be
Reports are being regularly dis- patched to the Minister of Agri- culture. On the other band, measures have been taken to es tablish, in various localities,
mental stations, centres of
of
Mother "Unrecognised." surrounded by men who, while en- joying his confidence, have made
The names and address of the couple who have adopted the baby vourable light in public opinion..
It is also reported that a num-
the Bench by Sir Thomas, who special nurseries
American observed because it was necessary President commissioned the ter's private physician to advise
lat- vines, etc.
But it is the cereals that need that if the child remained where it him to resign, but President Iri-greater reinforcement.
was it should start In 1928 new life.
a perfectly goyen refused.
The octogenarian President to land cultivated, 11,400,000 strem- child met its mother in the street out of the 15,000,000 stremmas of "It is necessary that later if the
ing of an ordinary session of Parlia- which yielded production
absent from Canton for about one parcel of a regional planning scheme day signed a decree for the open- mas were occupied by cereals, it should not recognise her," ob- month, during which time the throughout the Bruss concern- be in the hands of his Chief of or schemes, prepared in consulta-celling the excessive precautionarymas in value. Among the cereals; no concern with the merits of any affairs of the Naval Bureau will ed, it concluded. "Such a scheme ment on the 11th instant, and can- amounting to 3,535,000,000 drach served counsel.
Staff, Commander Chan Ting. tion with the owners concerned and measures by the police and military. In well-organized cultivation of
—Router: Admiral Chan is himself one of carried out with their co-operation, the newly-elected members of the should not only safeguard the extra Provincial Council, and it is in width of land that may be ultimate- that capacity that he is makingly required, but should also protect the present tour to inspect the the frontages. various administrative, depart "Only those parts of any such ments in Hainan, Pukhoi and scheme should be carried out im- other southern parts of Kwang-mediately which are: (1) Neces tung-Our Own Correspondent.
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sary for the safety and efficiency
of traffic; (2) desirable in order to provide for the amenities of plant- ing. &c., when the full widening
ACCEPTANCES FOR ST. may become necessary,"
LEGER.
SIXTEEN HORSES IN THE *FINAL LIST.
London, Sept. 3. The following are the final ceptances for the St. Leger:
Algonquin:
Fairy Prince.. Lovelace II. Grand Salute..
Singapore.
Dialite.
Rustom Pasha.
Utmajeur.
Christopher Robin.
Redeswood.
Seer.
Prince Paradise.
Rameses 11.
Rock Star.
Iliad.
Parenthesis.
--Renter.
COMMUNIST PLANS
In reply the Ministry could only reiterate that the Minister had satisfied himself that due regard would be paid to the preservation of the amenities of the road, and that a substantial amount of em- ployment would be provided by the ac-scheme during the winter.
HOME FOOTBALL-
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Coventry Watford
Brighton Brentford Clapton 0,
Bristol R. Thames
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Northern Section Table.
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Halifax Tranmere Stockport Chesterfield Rotherham Accrington Southport Wrexham
FAILING.
POOR RESULTS OF FIVE YEAR
Rochdale Hull Lincoln Darlington
INDUSTRIAL SCHEME.
Riga, Sept. 3. Wigan
The Central Committee of the New Brighton Communist Party has appealed to Gateshead ..
BAYTOW
all party organisations and trade York unions to unite in an endeavour to Nelson save the five-year plan, as during Crewe the last nine, months many of the Carlisle most important industries have rea- lised only fifty per cent. of the out- put expected this year.
The appeal blames the prosper- ous peasants and other "counter- revolutionary wreckers" for the situation. Reuter.
QUEEN'S VISIT TO EDINBURGH.
INSPECTS THE FINE WAR
· MEMORIAL.
• London, Sept. 3.
Her Majesty the Queen paid a private visit to Edinburgh to-day, and, after making purchases at antique dealers shops, took lunch at Holyrood Palace."
Gallery and Edinburgh
Hartlepools.
2 0 0 5 1 .2 2 0 0 5 2
2 0 0 5 3
0 0
0 0
0 0 5 3
COMMUNIST PLOT IN
TURKEY.
IMPORTANT ORGANISATION
RAN.
wheat will give positive results. Greece, says Mr. Spirides, the Minister of Agriculture, has, how SNATCHED MONEY AND ever, not the ambition, like some other countries, to declare a campaign of wheat," because she is not yet sufficiently organized to throw herself into such tempt. But the present Govern- ment, adds Mr. Spirides, estimates that the cultivation of wheat is
INCIDENT AT SHOP OF A
MONEY CHANGER.
A charge of the theft of $135, alleged to have been snatched from the counter of a money changer at 32, Des Voeux Road West yesterday, w39 brought against a Chinese who appeared before Mr. Lindsell at the Central [Police Court this morning, the de- :
fendant admitting the offace.
According to Inspector W. R. McWalter, the complainant was changing a quantity of Singapore
ED at-
very susceptible of a rapid and
ure development.
BAD SARDINES IN
KOWLOON.'
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notes into local currency and just and the defendant said he had no as he was bending down to pick up tins with him. The Inspector a piece of paper, which he had then searched the premises and dropped, the defendant snatched found 12 tine of sardines. They $135, which had been left on the were all in a blown condition, counter. The defendant ran away but was chased and caught.
Sentence of three months' hard labour was imposed.
EMPIRE CONFERENCE
BROADCASTS.
On the night of July 18, Ho Sit accompanied by Lei Wu went to the Inspector's private house. The Inspector was surprised to, see Ho Sit because he had never for a moment suspected him of having committed any offence. Ho Sit, however, voluntarily admitted that he owned both shops in Shantung Street.
Three Points.
human
Lord Hewart said the Court had Particular religious faith. mother's wishes about her child It had been argued that the had fret claim for consideration. During the last decade, however, the law had changed with regard to that matter, and now the para- mount question seemed to be the child's welfare.
It would appear that even if the child was handed back to the mother she would not be able to
provide for it, and it would go into
a charitable institution.
He decided that, the judgment of Mr. Justice Charles should be aflirmed and the appeal dismissed. Justices Avory and Wright con- curred.
THE HOUSEBREAKER AND HIS ART.
(Continued from Page 6.)
labours of men engaged on the housebreaking firm to direct the
apot.
contractor would realise a hand- The days when a housebreaking some profit from "finds" made on the job are past. All finds of his- are in nearly every contract made torical or antiquarian interest nowadays, reserved to the owner. tural features of houses on the Moreover, the valuable architec-
great London estates, such as fine panelling, are carefully scheduled chimney-pieces, and
either before or during the demo- so that they may not be removed lition of the premises without the owner's knowledge.
SIX PREMIERS TO BE HEARD.
In conclusion, Mr. Andrewes said it was necessary to prove, London, Sept. 3.
before conviction, three things staircases, The proposal which had been the first, that the food was, untit considered of broadcasting the for
consumption; the speeches of Prime Ministers at the second, that the food was intend- opening session of the Imperial ed for sale; and the third that the Conference on September 30th has food was intended as food for man. Dr. G. W. Pope, Medical Officer, been abandoned, but arrangements have been made for special broad said that on July 16, he went with six Prime Ministers during the of No. 16, Reclamation Street and job and offered him. £4 for the casts to be given by each of the Inspector Taylor to the third floor period that the Conference is saw there a large number of tins rubbish on one of the floors about of sardines. Some of them were
meeting.
was
Не
There was a case, a few years ago, in which a stranger approach- ed the foreman on a housebreaking
On investigation it was found
It is stated that similar arrange-lo cases, while others were not. to be demolished. The foreman, ments may be made for broadcast-He examined them and found that as an honest man; reported the ing speeches by the leading dele- some were burst, with the con- matter to his employer. gates to the Indian Round-Tahle tents oozing out, while others were that during more than a hundred Conference, which will be held in blown out and from all London after the Imperial Conferemanating an offensivo smell. ence has completed its work-and removal to the disinfection gave instructions for their seizure station. He also saw the equip ment lying about. On July 19, he saw Mr. Sayer, the Head of the Sanitary Board, and recommend ed that the tins be destroyed. «
The case is proceeding.
British Wireless.
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AMERICAN BASEBALL
RESULTS.
:
NEW YORK PLAY TWO GAMES WITH BOSTON.
DISCOVERED,
Constantinople, Sept. 3. Thirty persons, including stu- dents, professors and workmen, have been arrested in connexion with the discovery of a Communist
New York, Sept. 3. The following are the results of plot, Those arrested are alleged the baseball matches played in the to have stirred up agitation among National and American League to different classes of the community. day:..
The
which is alleged to be connected
Agitators' organisation,
National
9 Chicago
with the Third Internationale, is Pittsburgh Later she visited the National believed to be the most important Boston.
3 New York. Coatle; Communist organisation discover- Boston where, with the Duke of Atholl, ed in Turkey up to the present.
11 New York she inspected the splendid war A number of suspects have
American memoris! which has been erected been arrested at Angora and Philadelphia since her last visit to the city. Zongouldak, the centre of the coal New York 10 Washington
11: Boston British Wireless,
mining industry-Reute
-Reuters American Service.
also
years the premises had been jeweller, and that the thick dust occupied by a manufacturing on the floor was full of fine par- than £100. Even the soot in the ticles of gold to the value of more chimney contained a quantity of
gold,
The would-be purchaser, who was an ex-employee of the jeweller, felt chagrined that his offer was not accepted.
Schemes for building develop ments for the next 350 years were
"Of all the things the City of discussed at a meeting of the Brighton and District Joint Town London has done for the people. Planning Advisory Committee. An none has been of greater benefit area of 35,000 acres has been set than the opening of Epping aside for development within Forest," said the Duke of Con- the period named, allowing 100 naught, Chief Ranger of the acres a year for new buildings. It Forest, when he opened and is suggested that building develop-dedicted Knighton Wood to 5ments should take the form of the use of the public. The 7settlements and that each settle- new acquisition to the Forest ment should be bordered by open is a beautiful 'stretch of Wood- down and agricultural land. Over land, 87 acres in extent, purchased A second area of 35,000 acres of from Colonel North Buxton. Half downland, it is urged, building of the purchase money was found should be prohibited.
by the City Corporation.
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