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20, 1930.
A BIROLE COFT 10 CENTO
936 PER ANNUM
LORD. WILLINGDON|
LONG EXPERIENCE OF INDIA.
A BRILLIANT RECORD OF
SERVICE.
HAPPIEST CHOICE.
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SPANISH REVOLT CONFERENCE END GRIM VOLCANO
COLLAPSE. ·
CONFESSIONS OF EX-WAR MINISTER.
HASTINESS AT JACA.
Hendaye, Dec. 19.
It is reported that Senor Alcala Zamor, former Minister for War, arraigned in connexion with the recent revolt, told the Court which is conducting preliminary en into his conduct, that he ne quiry crpled full responsibility for the Republican manifesto which
from drupped
the кіт Mndrld.
WAR Yor
IN SIGHT
SPLENDID PROGRESS
APPARENT.
HOPES FOR COMPLETION IN MID-JANUARY.
BRITISH INDIA DINNER.
DISASTER.
NOTED SCIENTIST
KILLED.
IN MERAPI CRATER
Batavia, Bee, 19.
It is feared that at lenst ninety people have perished as a London, Dec. 19. result of the Merapi volcano The Round Table Conference disaster. one of the victims appears to be making progress. being a professor who was He said that a Republic in Spain It is now hoped that the deli-actually in the crater at
"on beration will be completed in the time of the violent eruption. was to have been declared
and December 15, and that one of the middle of next month,
The facts are related in revolutionary leaders had been de talled to conduct the Royal Family
to the frontier
the
Provisional arrangements have message from Berlin, stating that already been made for a brilliant eruption of the volcano han clair- The revolutionaries relied upon banquet on the eve of the depared an exceedingly eminent victim, seventeen garrisons to join in the revolt, but the hastiness of Capture of the Indian delegater. Jain Galan at Jaen--which him his life-upset the whole denk
the Rumoura regarding Government's intentions in appointing FA зисссавог to Lord Irwin
Viceroy of India have been set at rest, a Reuter message from Lon- Jon this morning stating that Viscount Willingdon, Governor-General of Canada, will be the new Viceroy. Lord Zetland, Lord Gorell and even Mr. Ramsay MacDonald | movement. have been mentioned in nexion with the high post, but the Premier has chosen to link himself with tradition, Lord fourth Willingdon being the Viceroy to represent the Crown in Canada before being appoint- ed to preside over the destinies of the India Empire.
Unique Distinction.
con-
Lord Willingdon has every quali-] for the past, including the unique distinction of two full terms Presidency Governorship, first in Bombay, whither he went from the House of Commons in 1913, and then in Madras.
received
Ilis selection will be with general satisfaction in India and Great Brituh both on account of his fine record in India and be." cause of his
sonal charm.
extraordinary
The War Years in India.
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Cost
A message from Madrkl the clares that steady progrena 10- wards normality is reported from all over Spain.
£100+17,
Professor Werner Borchardt, of The sub-committee appointed to the Hamburg Tropical Institute.
with franchise questions Professor Borchardt was recent- held their first meeting this after-ly lent by the Hamburg Tropical the Attorney-General, Sir Institute to the Java Institute for William Jowilt, presiding. The the purpose of conducting certain procedure adopted in connexion climatological Investigations.
European Accompanied by a
Professor Borchardt assistant, was being lowered by ropes into the crater of Merapi to test the heat when the emanations of volcano, which had been Inactive for forty years, suddenly crupted. Both the scientists were killed.
with other sub-committeen เลย A proclamation posted at Mad-followed and a list of the possible rid orders all arms to be aurren-
bends of discussion was before dered.
The Province of Alicante
p the members.
Discussion, however, was of a pears to have produced the most serious incidenta of the revolt. general character to-day and it The pennants completely dominat-ranged over a wide feld. It did ed several small towns in the Pro- not touch upon the questions of vince for
Hittle time-the minorities communal elec- Renter.
torates, or on special interests, for The Chairman had pointed out that-Reuter. these subjects must be treated as within the special sphere of the Binorities sub-committee,
PRISON DISORDER
ENQUIRY.
NO NEW COMMITTEE BEING
SET UP.
Difficulties,
Views were expressed on the practicability of the introduction
ty
RAILWAY WAGES
DISPUTE.
BOARD FAILS TO REACH AGREEMENT.
The claims will now probably be submitted to the National Wages Board in the middle of January
SINGAPORE AERIAL FATALITY
FLYING CLUB PLANE WRECKED.
YOUNG EUROPEAN KILLED IN NOSE-DIVE.
DESCENDS INTO SEA.
Singapore, Dec. 11. Shortly after o'clock this from the morning watchers ships in the roads witnessed a fying tragedy, in which Mr. F. H. Willes Johnson, a popular member of the Singapore Flying Club, met his death.
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Bulls and Inners
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Things are getting so bad that
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According to reports of the shout.
you can't even eat a mince pie ing coming from Victala Gaol, all without being reminded of the was not quiet on the western front currantcy problem,
of the building,
☐ ☐ "Everything is determined in The naval endets who visited the Professor Einstein. Colony this week were all a smart-
saya
life." This should do away with any ar- looking lot. They evidently knew guments about buying Christmas their onions. presents.
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A shrill voice in the audience at
"The only way to turn out a sife one of the "All Quiet" shows, the cessful Christmas pudding is to other day, was an annoyance to Some people are never boil it in water at a certain tem- others. perature." So the proof of the inppy unless they can Interpose a
Remarque. pudding is in the heating.
口口 It is believed that Z. B. W. have Thus a Spanish acaman at the Police Court" guess when i got been ealdering a broadcast of there I must have been feeling "The Prisonera Song" (avec varia- pretty good, because I had an tions) from the local Sing Sing.
A newcomer who is an amateur
career.
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It's almost all over but the Hongkong is strengthening the
will come the protection of wild shouting-and that law for birds. Some Kowloon flat-dwellers Christmas morn.
២ ព want protection from them.
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One of the Christmas shows, we
· 1f Atlas tried
to support the learn, will have a chorus of fifty. world to-day he would probably But they'll only took about seven-
teen on the stage. etrain his overdraft.
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What could
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The machine was seen to descend argument with a ricksha coolie from about three or four thousand who wanted to take me out for feet and then flatten out at about a ride, but I got wise to that." The photographer wants to know if the eight hundred feet. Suddenly it presumption is that the gentleman light in Hongkong is usually good commenced to wobble to and fro must have come into contact with for snapshots during the Christ- The answer is in the a foreign ence at eome time in his mas season. and nose-dived into the sen, not far
negative. ᄆᄆ
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Government The
patrol boat. Kittywake was first on the scene, and when the pilot, who was flying aolo, was recovered from the wreck age, he was found to be dend.
Sudden Noxe-Dive. Relating the
to occurrence Straits Times representative this morning. Dr. W. de Cruz, the Port Health Officer, who with Capt. G. be more appro R. Wiseman and Mr. Gray was in priate? Holhow appeals for aid, the boat. said:
"We were just returning from and Hongkong St. John's island and saw the ma- senda down chine in the air. It started to des- Sandwich. cend from fairly high up. It came
☐ ☐ down normally and the plot seem- "It's all up," er to be making for the Flying as the man said Club. When it reached about eight hundred feet, it suddenly started when his wife to wobile violently to and fro and asked what he had done with nose-dived into the sua.
"We were about five miles from the holly and where it struck the water and im- mistletoe. mediately turned our bont, which
We hear of i has a speed of fifteen miles an hour.
bad luck found it had turned over on its had back and was floating in very deep last week-end. The only thing
water.
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he caught was a nasty cold.
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of adult suffrage into India in pre- The Hon. Dr. R. 1. Kotewall in-ent circumstances for example, the formed the Telegraph this morning dieulties due to illiteracy, pover
London, Dec. 19. that as far as he is aware there is and lack of communications, to-
gether with the practical difficulty The Central Wages Board has Lord and Lady Willingdon had Government contemplates setting separate constitutions.
no Truth in the report that the of any increase in the number of considered the proposals of the When we reached the machine weloeal angler who
From the Railway managers for a reduction less than eighteen months' CX-up another committee of inquiry perience of pre-war India. It was into complaints at Victoria Gal point of view of the size of the of wages, and the Trade Unions proposals for increases, and falled | Legislative Councils, in the crucible of the war that
regarding food. their fine qualities were put to The Chinese Unofficial Member Some members urged the desir-to reach an agreement. The first severe test. Bombay was of the Council points out that there ability of increasing the representa- the real base of the many Indian would be a purpose in appointing tion of rural areas, and mentioned contingents, and it received the committen to parallel the work the possibility of indirect elective greater number of sick and wound-
of that being done by the Hon. Dr. systems for village communities. »d, both British and Indian, from | Wellington's" Committee, which has The general discussion had not Eastern already issued an interim report concluded when the meeting ended. Mesopotamia and other
The energy and
re and is further investigating.
It will continue on Monday, Incas with which the
The strike position at the finol Governor of Bombay promoted and remains unchanged. sustained enthusiasm for the Allied cause, and did his best to prevent and mitigate the blunders and shortness of supplies in Mesopotamia, arising from exces- sive centralisation
A.I.Q.. nt Simla, and other circumstances, were of immensurable value.
GANDHI'S SON AGAIN ARRESTED.
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FOR SPEECH ON CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
Surat, Dec. 19.
Brilliant Function.
Hopes are now entertained that the Indian Round Table Conference may be able to conclude its work by the middle of next month,
The British Indian delegation, as a mark of their appreciation of the kindness and hospitality extend-
Bender.
COMMUNIST TRIAL AT BUDAPEST.
A Mass of Wreckage.
"The wings and fuselage were a mass of wreckage and one of the imen started to poke about with a boat hook. The pilot's arm was seen sticking out of the reamanta of the cockpit under the water We managed to pull him out after a time and when we got him on board I made an examination and found him to be dend.
"And is there any instrument you can play?**
"Not away from home.". "That's queer! What do your play at home?"
"Second fiddle."
bigger than an eight-pound Ife.
We learn that "Josh" "Brooks has records of nearly all the boxers now in Hongkong. Keops them in
a Ecrop-hook nó
doubt.
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Moving in the
best circles
doesn't
necek.
surtly get you a
square deal,
It's surely the height of irony
to refor to a
Hongkong man
these days AB
worth.
being of sterling
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Another couldn't get anything Buying useful gifts is a matter-
of dollars and sense.
ᄆᄆ Another
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"King Wenceslas lived in con- stant fear of being murdered," we read. No wonder he looked out.
infamous saying:-
"Let's just play poker for fun."
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And another:They're looking
You do your shopping right when for types like you in Hollywood."
it lan't left-till the last minute.
RINGLEADERS GIVEN LONG There was a slight cut on his face, but no other marks on his
Some Hongkong people appear to PRISON TERMS.
body. He must have been killed think they can push their way to immediately an impact with the the front by patting themselves on Budapest, Dec. 19.
Com-water. We took the body to the the back. The trial of forly-one
East Wharf, where it was handed
over to the Harbour Board Police." There seems to have been an ab. el to them, are arranging to enter-munists, accused of attempting to
Shortly after the news of the Isence of sweet reasonableness tain at dinner the British Govern-overthrow the State, resulted in head of the Trunk 13th, which former
Telephones al Менсом, and there were numerous callers at the
ment and other political and social the ringlenders, Ferdinand Weiss,accident became current in town, about these sugar negotiations. Gandhi's son, Ramdas, who was they hope will be the eve of their Michael Hay, a journalist, being Flying Club to inquire for details.
He was taken into eustody for
leaders on January
departure for India.
Federal Problems,
seven
Lady Willingdon, as always, gave him her enthusiastle support. and worked incessantly to organise
口口 hoapital and convalescent com-
We don't want to bring up forts. To the troops os the bank recently released after serving a of the Tigrie in the dark days be-term of six months' imprisonment,
sentenced
ind halfThe engine of the machine was ly-foreign problems at this time of fore the relief of Kut she was, has been re-arrested.
years and four years' imprisoning in the hangar, the remainder the year, but, all the same, Turkey us Major-General Sir G. Young-
was only a mass of wreckage float- und Greece sound pretty good just mant respectively. husband writes in his reminis making a speech on civit disobe- The federal structure sub-com-
It was stated during the trial ing in the harbour.
The speed bost from the Flying eencen, "a very kind lady with ndience on the 10th instant at the milles to-day entered upon a de- that both of them had maintained
need a bold man to heart of gold."
with Club, carrying Dr. C. A. Stanley: tackle the Christmas dinners of a Through eleven village of Matwad, where contra-tailed consideration of the subjects direct communiention
the Club captain, was on the scene years in India the abounding band salt is alleged to be illegally and functions not already classified Muscow. , energy and vitality of this daugh- | manufactured-Reuter,
as federal, and regarding which
of the accident shortly after the century ago, says a writer. Those Six other accused were be re- control is exercised and may
extriented from the were the times when none but the body was tained by the centre in the future.sentenced from twenty to twenty-wreck. Later in the morning, the brave deserved the fare. If was decided to appoint a smaller twenty-one others from
six months' imprisonment, and
one to engine was solved and taken back
to the Flying Club. sub-committee to consider the lists
twenty months.
Twelve were acquitted.--Reuter,
ter of the first Lord Brassey were given lavishly to umellorative i
effort, philanthropic and social.
AMERICAN BANKING
CLOSURES.
ing
has said, to dissociate the per-
Breaking Down the Barriers,
It is not possible, as Lord Read-
of subjects referred to and to sug- gest their provisional diviston in- to three categories, firstly, exclu-
Honality of Lord Willingdon Trom SEVEN MORE NOW SUSPEND įsively central, secondly exclusively
that of his wife. In no effort.
however, have they been more at
one than in the promotion
of
British and Indian co-operation
ment, titude in
Condition:
provincial, thirdly, subjects in {THE GOVERNMENT AND which the centre and the provinces both interested, and which therefore, might be subject to co-
PAYMENT,
New York, Dec. 19. The uniber of banks which
are
MOTOR THIEVING CONTINUES.
CAR AND A MOTOR CYCLE STOLEN.
and goodwill. From the first, by have suspended payment has been ordination-British. Wireless. · example and by precept, they set increased by the closing down off their faces against old traditions further Provincial establishments, of. social exclusivencas in These Include three bauks in In2 European society based upon race diane, two in North Carolina, one) Instead of character
and attain-in New York State and one in The influence of this at- Virginia-Rentera American Ser in paving the
way for nowvice. under the reforms was and it was no incon- siderable factor in the general ceptance of removal from the Statuto Book of race discrimina tion in the Criminal Procedure Code. In a word, Lord and Lady Willingdon took the lead in break- ing down barriers and conven-! tlong out of harmony with the development of self-respecting Indian national sentiment and the political progress of
the day. The ex-Viceroy han
M. RYKOV RELIEVED OF POST.
CHANGE MADE AT HIS OWN REQUEST.
Moacow, Dec. 19. The Central Executive Commit tee of the Societs have relieved M. Hely that no Presidency Governor Rykov, at his own request, of the
Two additional cases have been
reported of molor-vehicles being stolen while left by their owners at public parking pluces.
Warder Bagley, of Laichikok Prison, in a report to the polico to-day, statos that his Austin Seven, No. 105, vanished, after being left on a new parking stand at Salisbury Road last night.
THE JEWS.
DISCUSSIONS NOT YET COMPLETED.
Inquiries at the Flying Club this morning revealed that this was Mr. Willes Johnson's third solo flight. He was undergoing his altitude test when the fatal accident occur red..
Official Statement.
now.
It would
about
the
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Let's be really optimistle for a
change.
And change the constant topic of
exchange.
From the Peak to Kowloon Isthmus, Let's have a break for Christanas, And try some pep and frollo to
arrange.
It's true that curse,
money really is a
And every day its getting worse
and worse, But no matter how you haller, You can't improve the dollar, So raise the cup and sing some
festive verse.
This Christmas may be better than
the next,
So why not take the next lines for
your text?
Do not think about to-morrow, Наме a binge and drown your
Borrow,
Do not lot them say at Christmas
you are vexcd!
It's the early bird that avoids the squirm-of Into shopping.
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☐ ☐ Long frocks this Christmas well Seasonable wishes can now be had by gramophone at Home. Re- cover a multitude of shins.
☐ ☐ cordial greetings.
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"Do modern girls make poor While a woman raves about the mothers?" we are asked. They splendid finish of her ball dress, cortainly make poor fathers
especially at this time of year, An official statement issued by her husband raves
OO awful starting price. the committee of the Singapore
☐ ☐
"Cigars should never be lighted Flying Club states that Mr. Willos
Ferhaps this increase in the twice, anys an expert, We know Johnson was undergoing his height London, Dec. 19..
tost, preparatory to getting his "A" price of petrol is part of the move some which should never-be light-
ed at all. As announced on November licence. Ho reached, a height of ment to keep our spirits up.
DO 16th, a Sub-Committee of. the 4,000 feet and shut off his engine
A woman is as old as she looks, A Cabinet has been meeting the to come down to make a landing,
lottery ticket-printing ca- lenders of the Jewish Agency, and according to the laws as laid down tabilahment was unearthed this but a man's not old till he stops.
week in a Government flat. The looking. a further meeting was held to in the lent.” day.
He spiralled down and at 2,000 cook-boy who ran it was only feet his machine was observed to be taking a chanco.. In a spin. He continued in that! spin until he struck the water just north of St. John's channel.
The discussions have not yet been completed, and the meetinga will be resumed at the beginning of January-British Wireless.
GOLF CLUB-CEREMONY.
An Interesting ceremony takes Mr. J. Christiansen, of the Hol-place at Fanling to-morrow at 12. reports that his A.J.B. cycle, No. the new Captain of the Royal Hong-
Mr. Johnson's Career.
Rotarians are advised to hayo an economical lunch. Why not It was surely a little unkind of a start with oxtail and ond with That way they will makat boof? contemporary, in reporting the gen-
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oral strike at the Ghol, to refer to both enda ment. Arm steps being taken by "the poison authorities.""
world
We hear of a Kowloon man who
missed the Inst bus home and thon caught it...
Mr. Willes Johnson, who was a well known and popular member
"U. K. in Australls,” Bays k of sporting and social circles In
We learn that on miniature, Singapore, was employed with the wspaper heading. The whole
seems upside down these sized golf courses, the ordinary- Asiatic Petroleum Company.
sized swear words are still in use. He was the son of Mr. G. Willes days.
A pessimist is the kind of per Money talks... What ay pity, our
December 25,
has bad more at heart than Lord Presidency of the Council of Peo-land China Trading Company, also 80 p.m. when Mr. A. B. Stowart, Johnson, who was until recently
Willingdon the Interest and wel-plo's Commissaries.
M. Vlaschelav Molotov has been 469, was stolen at about the same kong Golf Club, will play himself Agent for the Government of
fare of the country, or has brought appointed “in succeed M. Bŷkov.time from tha parking place-near i in- driving-of-from-the-first-tes | Sarawak In-London. He was only son. 30 whom Christmas is only local–stúdio doesMIERUN
Continued on Page 9.).
Rouler,
1 the Star'Ferry.
on the Old. Course.
Appudu (Continued on Page 187)