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NO. 24,118 -拜禮 VETATE MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1930. ·
BIGGEST HEROIN SORRY PLIGHT OF PEKING AND THE
SEIZURE.
HAUL VALUED AT $500,000.
FOREIGN "RING" BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED.
CUNNINGLY HIDDEN.
petected. More than 800 lbs. of the drug has been taken
NANNING.
THIRD OF CITY REPORTED
..IN RUINS.
MORE AIR RAIDS.
KUOMINTANG."
FRIENDLY GESTURE BY GOVERNMENT.
SEQUEL TO RECENT NANKING PROTEST.
PRINCE HENRY FOR
ABYSSINIA.
TO ATTEND CORONATION OF NEW EMPEROR.
HISTORIC VISIT.
London. Oct. 13. The King's third son, the Duke of Gloucester, who is due to leare for Abyssinia on Thursday to be
$30 PER ANNUM
BITHA BINULE COPY 10 CENTS
KING OF NEW YORK UNDERWORLD.
JACK DIAMOND SHOT- DOWN AT HOTEL.
MEETS FATE FROM WHICH HE FLED TO EUROPE..
present at the coronation of the SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. nett Emperor, Roa Tafari Mekonnen. paid a farewell visit |
an
GOLF ANNOUNCEMENT
The new improved DUNLOP
Golf Ball
(replacing the MAXFLI) has now arrived
Stock at LANE, CRAWFORD'S. See Show-Window Display.
Note the now MAX MARKING feature on this latest Golf production, also the increased “flight."
INDIAN FRONTIER DISORDERS.
NEW MEASURES AGAINST THE AFRIDIS.
SPECIAL ROAD SCHEME
Simla, Oct. 12.
An off in communique by the Government of India dealing with the situation on the North-West:
1,000 MEN-HURLED INTO RAVINE.
TROOP TRAIN CRASH REPORTED.
BRAZILIAN REVOLUTION
DISASTER.
Frontier where Afridi tribesmen PRESENT SITUATION. have been causing trouble for aomo months, states that the frontier tribes have been quiet now for some weeks, but the settlement with the Afridis has not yet been reached.
Up to the present the Afridi
Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 12. While the economic life of the entire country is suspended owing to the closing of the banks, the Federal Government tion has been restricted to three States, Mines Geraes, Rio Grande do Sul, and Parahyba..
Wuchow, Oct, 10. Following the warning given by means of handbills dropped from aeroplanes calling upon the inhabi- tants of Nanning to rise against
FOOCHOW PEACE. the Kwangsi rebels, other- wise the city Would be The fact that the heroin found
bombed until the enemy is
Shanghai, Oct. 12.
New York, Oct, 12. by Hongkong Revenue Officers exterminated. six Cantonese bomb- The Peking Government, un- on the B.s. Hilda when the ship ing planes have recently
to the King and Queen at Jack Diamond, gangster and raided der the direction of the Man- arrived here from Saigon last Nanning, doing tremendous damage churian regime, has officially an-
Sandringham yesterday..
bootlegger, and so-called "King" Friday has constituted the big to buildings and causing heavy nounced its sanction to the re ber of the Royal Family has paid caused a first-class sensation in leaders have shown no signs of at- officially claims that the revolu-
It is the first time that a men-of New York's underworld, who gest seizure ever made of the casualties to civilians. It is claim- opening of the Provincial and drug in the Colony was only re-ed that nearly a third of the city Municipal Kuomintang Offices at The
official visit to Abyssinia. the British and Continental tending the jirga summond by the
.Duke is taking many vealed this morning when a com- la now in ruins,
Peking, thus making a most presents for the check of the haul had been
new Emperor. Press by his adventures in Chief Commissioner. A refugee who has arrived here friendly gesture towards the including some sporting guns and Europe à little over a month ago. states that in the later killed, as Nanking Party, leading possibly several very hit be a bypain in was fired at and seriously wound-ties are not yet over is shown by On the contrary, that the difficul- few, if any, soldiers were ashore from the ship, of which the defenders have dug subteran- to official Manchurian recogni- manuscripts that have been ed in a New York hotel to-day.
England for some centuries. He
the fact that the well-disposed elei nean trenches which provide safe tion of the Kuomintang Party. the value has been put at as hiding-places during areoplane at-
will. make the The Government edict was reimmediately on his arrival at rushed off
presentations The wounded gangster was ments, who started the journey, high an £35,000 sterling or $500,- | tacks.
celved with considerable, surprize
in hospital and an were forced back by strong armed 000 st the current exchange rate.
The citizens have approached the by the populace this morning. Om. Menelik Palace at. Addis Ababa, operation was almost immediately recalcitrants. Details are withheld for an ob- General commanding the defence cial circles believe that the decision walled in mother-of-pearl and gold Serrier.
where a spacious suite of rooms, performed. — Reuter's American vious reason, but it is made clear forces and asked him to leave and was reached following a Nanking
Therefore, the Goverment, with that the seizure is one of internu-fight out the issue outside the city protest to Mukden pointing out that and hung with silken tapestries,
New York, later. a view to preserving order in the tional interest, inasmuch as the in-limits. He has replied that under the Kuomintang Party
has been prepared for him. the WER
It now appears that a number Kajura Plain and protecting Pesha- formation which led to the definite no circumstances will be withdraw principal political organ in Nau- The Duke will be the principal of gangsters shot Diamond and war and other frontier posts, has stops of boarding the ship and mak- his forces, except by orders of his king. a fact which the Manchurian guest at namerous ing the search, was received here superiors,
with the coronation, Government, while nominally pledy-ransected.
ceremonies that an operation was impossible decided to build a number of strate
in view of his serious condition.-gic roads in the region and thus to through official channels and is an alagous with the many such seizures entrenched.
The defenders are very strongly ing loyalty to Nanking, should not which will last for a week.
After the conclusion of the
Reuter.
remove the cover the tribes derive In some places, they ignore, recently made elsewhere since the have built two or three brick forti-
ceremonics, the Duke will under-
from the trackless nature of the world-wide campaign initiated by Bications at strategic points, and
take a gume hunting trip in the
country between Peshawar and the the league of Nations against in- thus, even if one line of defence is Mesar Chang Chun and Feng uplands of Abyssinia, and before
foothills.--Reuter, ternationa "dope rings" was destroyed. the attackers will have Pen-jen, two Nanking political returning home from Aden he will launchol
others to overcome,-Our Oira Gur-emissaries, left Mukden yesterday pay a semi-official visit to British
Somaliland.--British Wireless.
Big Ring Interested.
It is safe to say that in the pre- sent instance, one of these so-called "rings" is interested in the enor mous shipetent intercepted locally,
The Hilda is stated to be a tramp steater, but has been chartered by a well-known Italian shipping line for legitimate trade alting one of its established routes. There is no question of the ship being specialty employed for the drug traie. In point of actual fact, other cargo
respondent
ARABIAN NIGHTS
EXHIBIT.
PERSIAN ART TREASURES IN LONDON.
London, Oct. 12.
A section of the Persian art
ni
was being carried and the vessel treasures which are to be display
d at the International Exhibition has pat at all scheduled ports of
of Persian art the Royal call.
Academy in January arrived in a British ship which reached London docks yesterday.
Leaving Trieste about the beginning
the of September. Hilda has called at A number of ports on ber scheduled trip)
without any untoward incident.
Nanking Envoys.
evening with a letter from General Chang Hsuch-liang, addressed to Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, in which the Manchurian ruler discusses at considerable length his suggestions regarding the military and political administration in North China.
AMUSEMENTS CO. CAPITAL
SHAREHOLDERS .CONFIRM
INCREASE.
:
The attempted murder of Jack Diamond is in line with the some what remarkable stories published at the time of his mysterious die- appearance from New York, and his subsequent arrival in Europe.
Previous Attempl?
R.101 COMMISSION AT WORK.
ALLONNE · INVESTIĜATION COMPLETED.
London, Oct. 12. The commission set up to con-
The Government forces. It is add- ed, are in control of the situation. formed everywhere to defend law "Patriot battalions" are being
and order-Reuter,
Buenos Aires, Oct. 12. 5 The rebels control the whole of northern Brazil, according to the insurgent headquarters.
The Associated Press quote a re- port to the effect that a train carry- ing a thousand Brazilian federal troops has been derailed between Sao Paulo and Santos. The train .. is reported to have crashed into a. ravine.-Router."
The
1
Troop Train Disaster.
Associated Press states that the Federal Government has conscripted all men be- tween 21 and 30 years' of age. Over 420,000 are said to have been mobilised.
It was stated that he tied bei cause Chicago gangsters, led by the notorious Al Capone, had de- clared their intention of removing | Mr. Wu Te-chen, the Nanking re-
him. The story was made more presentative to Mukden, who was
than ever like an Edgar Wallace mentioned at one time as a possible
thriller by the discovery of a Mayor of Tientsin. is leaving Muk-
bloodstained motor-car in Brook-duct a technical enquiry into the were defeated, but they have caused In fighting in Para, the rebels den for Peking to-morrow, but it At an extraordinary generallyn, owned by Harry Western, the loss of the airship R.101 has com-extensive damage! destroying
is to meeting of shareholders of the chief lieutenant of Jack Diamond, as one of the high offices at Hongkong Amusements, Ltd., held who was supposed to have been pleted its work at Allonne and bridges and miles of railway tracks Peking or Tientsin as representing this morning, confirmation was in the car when a shooting duel several engineers from Carding- Brunganea.
experts within their retreat to a stronghold near the Nanking interest.
xiven to the resolutions passed to place. recently for increasing the capital
is not revealed whether he
of the Company to $1,000,000.
Hunted by Assassins.
that more than G$2,000,000 damage
the seven British
ton left yesterday by aeroplane
U.S. Property Damage. Peace In Foochow.
for England.
More than two hundredweight A board consisting of two govern- After several months of inter- Mr. J. 31. Noronha presided, and The New York police are cer-of parts from the wrecked airment officials and two of the com- The treasures include the Crown mittent disturbances and encoun- was supported by Messrs. J. Stein that in the week he escaped,hip have also been transported pany's engineers have estimated jewels of the Shah of Persia, ters hetween the Sailing Govern abbay, La Kan, Ma Tsui-chia, Diamond was hunted by hired by air to England.
weapons, and ment supporters and Fukien rebels Lee In-cheung and Lo Shun-wan sassins and that he needed all Saigeu, Bur last port a call before nuamente, a set of silver vessels in the envirous of Fouchow, news Directors), Mr. Chas. S. Bosselet his unmatched blend of impudence It was prior to her touching at jewel-studded
have been, owned by of a possible trnce in Fukien has Secretary). Shareholders pre and ingenuity to slip past them coming to Hongkong, that in said to Jormation was received from an Ablasid Caliph Harun-al-Rashid been received by the Fulien Pro-sent were:Messrs. D. M. Biggar, He seems to have fooled them by staten Wong Chung-lam, Ku Leung-hoe, dodging in turn from the Bremen in its turn presumably had been
Remedios and James, T. Sto the Leviathan and then to the official quarter in London (which of Bagdad, who figures in the incial Government. This
Choy,
Baltic, finally sailing aboard the The Chairman proposed that the Belgenland. proceedings of the extraordinary general meeting of September 27,
confirmed. and this ke
was seconded by Mr. D. M, Biggar, and
kept well-advised of the move ment of the erge from Con- tinental sources), which led to a watch being kept for the appear ance of the vessel at lowrking.
Over Fifty Cases. On her arrival in harbour last week. the Hilda was instantly boarded by a party of Revenue Officera headed by the Acting Superintendent of Imports and Exports, Mr. H. A. Taylor. The information received being of a definite nature, it, appears there was no difficulty in locating the consignment for which they were looking.
Some 52 cases made up of two
heroin
secreted cunningly in the grooved
Arabian Nights, and a number that the Communior-in-Chief gold and silver woven carpets.
The remainder of the exhibit will reach London within the next five weeks in two parts, and the authorities will thus have ample) time to display them to the best advantage for the winter exhibi. How-British Wintras,
SPANISH AGITATORS
ARRESTED.
EXPLANATION BY GENERAL BERENGUER.
Madrid, Oct. 12. ́
peace.
Fukien rebels, General Lub Hsin- pong, has anmuneed his intention give up the fight, resigning his post with the rebel army.
General Yank Shu-chwang, Chairman of the Pukien Navy and Provincial Government, hus inform carried. ed Nanking of the new development, Resolutions from three to eight, expressing the hope of an early were then read, authorising the increase of capital to $1,000,000, Provincial The Fukien
Gov-and on the proposition of the ernment has made # coun- Chairman, seconded by Mr. James ter-proposal to the rebel Com-T. S. Choy, were adopted. mander requesting him to release! This concluded the business. the six Commissioners of the Fukien Provincial Government im- prisoned several months ago at the rebel comp by General Luh-Hain- pong. The six Commissioners of the Government were enemies of the rebel commander who, means of retaliation, kidnapped! them at the commencement of the Fukien troubles.
Heavy War Casualties.
11 #
SOLDIER FINED FOR
ASSAULT.
I
BREAKS OUT AFTER FIVE YEARS.
Pte. A. McDonald, of the
Lung-Hai Railway of Marshal landers, was charged, before Mr. Machine Gun Company of the Following the departure from the Argyll and Sutherland High-
will be transferred
Heavys parts of the wreckage was done to the American owned. during the next few days, French week.
to England tramway service during riots last engineers having been engaged to eut away the wreckage from the essential parts, including the en- gine weighing three and a half tons, by means of oxyacetylene flame.
The three injured survivors of the disaster in Beauvais Hospital On his arrival in Germany, heare reported to be making good was arrested somewhat hastily by progress.--British Wireless. the Aix-la-Chapelle police, and
German Incident.
hastily released when it was discovered that the American Em- basy had no intention of demand-
ng his extradition.
The Minister of the Interior and police offelals decided, 'however, that Diamond, was an unwelcome guest and he was ordered to leave by sea for the United States. All outgoing liners suddenly discover- ed that their passenger lists were full up but Diamond eventually returned, to New York aboard an American ship.
SOLICITOR-GENERAL RESIGNS.
TO ILL-HEALTH.
London, Oct. 12.
COOLIE, FOREMAN ROBBED.
MONEY AND JEWELLERY WORTH $92.
fighting in Para is a message from Indicative of the severity of the Mr. John Nash, the manager of the Pan-American Airways at Para, stating that he had been barricaded in his hotel room, for more than The American thirty-six hours.
staff of the company were safe. however.
The United Press attributes the revolution to the slump in coffee prices in the markets of the world. The disgruntled people, adding cof- fee troubles to political grievances, caught the fever which seems to have been travelling round, the South American Republics.
Severe. Fighting.
An unusual robbery was report-
Severe, fighting in Santa ed to the police yesterday by Catherina is reported by the United coolie foreman, LA Chuen, of 37, Press, which adds that both the Wai Ching Street, who indicated federal and insurgent provisional that he had been victimised by two governments are preparing for a men who were tenants of his own long and bitter campaign floor. He was robbed of money
and jewellery to the value of $92.
2
Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 11.
It, appears that at about noon A Government communique yesterday two coal coolies. Tang claims that the Federal forces Shun and Lo Mui, who were have beaten the rebels in the tenants of 37, Wai Ching Street, State of Para. It also says that
The men escaped before the alarm could be raiseda
Destroyer Beaten off.
sizes marked E. R. and B. A. S. An official note states that the were sorted out and these were Government on Friday took energe removed ashore to à large room at tic action against the large num- the Revenue Officers' headquarters ber of labour agitators. Many of in the new Government Building. their leaders were arrested
Whereas from the labels on the and imprisoned at Barcelona. cases one was led to expert "jam". The orders for their arrest, and tinned food" ly, tins of however, did not have the effect
were found so cleverly of restraining some of the agita Chiang Kai-shek, military affairs Butters, at the Kowloon Magis-LEAVES GOVERNMENT OWING forced their entry into the fore-it expects to restore peace shortly." secreted, as to evoku comparisons tors. with former seizures and which
man's cubicle and, producing The police and the civil guards in Honan have been entrusted to tracy this morning with having, on has led to the official view that the have been mobilised at several list circles claim that during the a woman in Bulkeley Street. He
A The rebels claim that twelve. General Ho Ying-ching. Nation October 9, assaulted two men and
parcel of knitting needles, threa- States are absolutely theirs while. traffickers behind the shipment
tened to stab their victim. Tang the Federal Government retains Are people well-versed in their provincial capitals.
past three months of military opera pleaded guilty to the charge, and business.
General Berenguer, the Premier, tions along the Lung-Hai Railway, said he was drunk at the time.
seized the foreman, wi'le Lo only seven.-Reuter's American Sir James Melviell, K.C.. the searched the cubicle and stole Servicc. told Pressmen in connexion with where the Kuominchun, forces were Canningly Secreted. -
the Labour money and jewellery to the value the week-end developments, that engaged in trench warfare, both the Battalion said he had known the Government, has tendered his re- of $92,
An officer of the accuses Solicitor-General in Again, it was shown that in a conspiracy against the State belligerent armies suffered heavy defendant for two years and had signation, on
had been discovered. There were casualties.
the grounds of ill- cases marked "glass" hundreds of
impudent
known him to be a good soldier, health. lbs. of the drug in tins were found only indiscreet and
Nanking officials estimate that
He is a comparatively recent ac- activities, which
His latest report clean and soberi had to
be 30,000 Kuominchun troops were from his Company Commander quisition to the Labour Party. either killed or wounded, 60,000 was good. This was the first time He contested Gateshead for the disarmed and over 100,000 men in five years that he had been first time at the general election were dispersed or surrendered to drunk.
of 1929, gaining a clear majority Nanking. Although the Nanking
Sergeant Gibbling sald that two over three opponents, and a ma- representatives do not disclose of the complainants received jority over the Conservative run- the approximate casualties mer injuries to their heads and the ner-up of 16,749. ed by the Nationalist Divisions, it third received a kick in the groin,
Called to the Bar at the Middle is conjectured that their casualty They were all sent to hospital,
HALS. Delhi Sails, Temple in 1906, he was in the DEPENDENT ON REICHSTAG list must have been very heavy. The defendant was fined $10 chambers of Mr. Douglas Hogg,
London, Oct. 11, considering that for many weeks
Mr. William Graham, President The cruiser Delhi steamed out the Kuominchun defenders succeed and ordered to pay $3 compensa- now Viscount Hailsham, the ex
Lord Chancellor, for many years of the Board of Trade, speaking at of Port of Spain, Trinidad, at full New York. Oct. 12
ed in repulsing the Nanking ad- tion, to each of the complainants.
and had a leading common prac-Edinburgh last night, said the speed for Pernambuco.--Reuter. Messrs. Lee Higginson and Com-Fance at Lanfeng, Kaifeng and Lo-
tice as a junior. He has the re-Government would do everything. Two previous notable cases were 3125,000.00 has been placed at
pany announce that a credit of | yang.
putation of being a sound lawyer possible to develop the home mar-
Washington, Oct. 11. The Lung-Hai Railway, which interests to' Japanese financial and a lucid advocate. His wife ket in view of the present un- The United States cruiser Pen- recalled, one of these was in 1920, the disposal of the German Govern- runs from Haichow to Hsuchow, syndicates, because of the effects of was secretary to the late Mr. Bo-employment. He was, however, sacola has been ordered to Quaz- when some 10,000 ounces of herols ment by a groun of international Kaifeng Chengchow, Honanfu, the warfare. The Lung-Hai Rail- were discovered on a Japanese
nar Law
Pepeta accesatisfied that there was no remedy tanamo and will proceed latér, toi motor-ship and the offender dealt banks, subject to the Reichstag's Sanchow and Tungkuan, has badly way is controlled by Belgian and Sir James Melville's advance in tariffe and even leas in any Brazil if it becomes necessary to with by the local Court. The authoristing the credit and provide that the management of this rail- capital of 877,500,000. The Jine He is now only 45 years of age United Kingdom.--British Wire-revolution. Reuters American passing of suitable legislation suffered. Shanghai rumours state Dutch capitalists with a totalment has been unusually rapid. form of fiscal retaliation by the wacuate Americans owing to the (Continued on Page 7), ing for a repayment plan Reuter.way la contemplating selling its covers 887 miles.
Reuters and
interiors of layers of wood stopped.--Reuter.
between the sheets of frosted glass.
Previous Hauls.
"It is the biggest seizure we had made of heroin so far," said an official, who was interviewed this morning. We have made other seizures, of course, but none was so cleverly concealed or approach. ing anywhere near this large quan-
tity,
CREDIT FOR GERMANY ARRANGED.
LEGISLATION.
J
TARIFFS NOT THE REMEDY.
MR. GRAHAM SPEAKS: ON- UNEMPLOYMENT.
London Oct. 12.
Buenos Aires, Oct. 11, The Brazilian destroyer Mara- han (the ex-British destroyer Por- poise) engaged the revolutionaries off Imbitube in an effort to cover the landing of Federal troops, but it is reported that it was forced to retire-Reuter's American Ser- vice.
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