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FOURDEN 186 六拜禮 號一廿月二英港香 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
No 23.3.&
#36 FRS ANNUM
21, 1931. ALE BENO COPS 10 CENTS
SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL
established the world's record land speed of 245 miles per hour on-
DUNLOP
TYRES
OFFICER SLAIN CAMPBELL FETED IN KING ZOGU SCHOOL WRECKED SNOWSTORM Bulls and Inners
IN AFRICAN
REBEL · AMBUSH.
CUT TO PIECES BY FANATICS.
"MAD MULLAH” ALSO KILLED
IN ENGAGEMENT.
SIERRA LEONE REVOLT
Sierra Leone, Feb. 20 Lieutenant H. J. Holmes, of the Sierra Leone Battalion, Royal West African Frontier Force, met with a terrible death at the bands of religi- ous fanatica to-day, the mur der being followed by a short engagement which brought an end to the exploits of a West African "Mad Mullah."
LONDON.
*
ROUSING RECEPTION FROM
ENORMOUS CROWDS.
OFFICIAL WELCOME.
London, Feb, 20. Waterloo ratiwny station WAS ly etnoned with flaps and buntust in honour of Sir Maleoini
FIRED AT.
ASSASSINATION ΑΤΤΕΜΡΤ.
VIENNA ATTACK.
An attenint was made to as 4 atupbell, win arrived in London | sassinate Achmad Zogu, the .ro couthampton today. Alt King of Allania, af Vienna
Troumphini aveival, welcomed by nagre enthusiastic ruvd. Beaul- Cả by the kondi. May on. Sir Malcolms autored!
Westminaler Hall when an awe oflicially welcomed ny The Government, represented by
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M Heilmart Morrison and Mr.
Caller. Trude
Ke, retary
The aminat bald with Emade with the white glare of are light Joy a lodographers and him pera
while an chered and sheated "God old Campbell!"
Several shots were yesterday. tired. bu the King was not struck. One of the members of his suite was killed.
BY ANGRY MOB.
RIOTOUS SCENES AT HO-PHO.
REVENGE FOR DESTRUCTION OF A TEMPLE.
TACTLESS MANAGERS.
(Our Own Correspondent.}
Saratow, Feb. 19. The magnificent new Middle School at the important market town of Ho-pho glands almost a
DISASTER.
MANY KILLED ON HANKOW RLY.
COLLAPSE TOLL.
From the Office Butts.
There is no truth in the rumour [Hongkong's quer and tobacco that focal Scotsmen are going to duties are in future to be calculate hold a mass meeting to protest on a gokl basis.] against taxing the people's food as threatened by the new liquor taxes.
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In a few months.
The present trade depression. Hankow, Feb. 20. resembles the Grent War. Much damage and loss of life Experts thought it would be aver has been caused by severe snow-
៨ ចា storms in this part of the
Doctors say these damp, foggy country, and almost every dis-mornings are the times when trict in Central China, according people "catch things. Not the to reports now coming in!
8.30a.m. ferry, though.
A train on its way for Hankow on Sunday was derailed when it show-drifts. ran into unexpected
serious, one and The wreck was a score of passengers were killed and many injured, their privations being accentuated by the intense cold.
CC Catchword which have been freely useil in Hongkong this week:"Stop, thief!"
☐ O Constable Horner stopd of
corner.
Diligent, cheerful and cute, Ignoring the tradie with stile
most seraphie,
According to a Reater message, the King was leaving the Opera Overens House at Vienna, when we in. 1453
who had been waiting in conceal stumplete wreek to-day, follow. meat, opened Bre One of the ing an attack by an angry mob members of his suite dropped from the market. All its equip
ment was looted. Every inch dead, but King Zogu escaped."
of woodwork was either stripped His assailants were arrested. erowil
King Zogu is in Vienna for the off bodily or burned. Not a
Many houses in the native city purpose of andergoing treatment | door or a window remained after at Hankow have collapsed under | the mob had satisfied their fury, the weight of snow. No fewer The school is a new one, opened than eight collapses were report. only last year. Its buildings con-
Another ed on Tuesday alone, and it is sisted of two, two-storeyed ferro-stated that twenty-five people were | "ilaven't 1 met you somewhere concrete buildings, which made an killed in those mishaps.
The Imposing pile on the hillside aver the river from the town, and hid den from il in a landscape. k profase timber country.
Mr Herbert Morrison.
the
The "Mail Mullah" has been | Mbuster of Transport, in a speech xiving the British authorities of wedeome, paid a tribrate to Sir considerable trouble in The Kamalvola Campbell's achievement. bia region of Sierra Leo re- a Mohamedan cently. He was Ranied Idara," and it is under- stood that he arrived in British territory from French Guina.
El exploits have ended, how ever, with the death at himself.
of his followers and Lleut 11olmes.
Lasts
A Conjurer.
Barn gained infor zealous converter of the simple natives of Kambia to Islam, in which he
Assisted by his atility to perforat ronjuring Tricks,
WZU
After he had mode converts of targe numbers of the tribesmen. be sought to persuade thenrio defy the Commissioner.
Armed Insurrection.
Eventually, the position grow. ing serious, the Commissioner served fiera with a depoytation order. The "Mad Mullah" attnek et the Commissioner's clerk with A drawn sword and threatened i kill the Commissioner.
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Apparently, he realised that he incident was destined to lead to frauble and be collected together i force of natives, armed with! swords, eutinssos nad uTES
Lieut. Holmes Ambushed.
A platoon of the Royal West! African Frontier Force was immer diately sent to Kumbia. heuted tom
which he said would enhance Bri- fish prestige, proving as it did the outstanding efficiency of British engineering.
Sir Malcola Campbell replied i that he was proud his endeavour has helped to vement friendship) between Britain and the United) States
fo myshold British traditions. Later
at a receptiem at the Royal Automobile Tub, he said;
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7:15 20/018||4|4|E D||20|1394ETEJANOMETRLİKTE JENSEN Kİstrement
SILVER LOAN TO CHINA.
Eudorsed by Minister of Commerce.
HOPES OF EARLY ACTION.
Nanking. Pels, 20, Mr. 1. 1. Kung, the Minis der of Industry, Labour anul
T
ezhled Washington basing the pro- pesat day on American silver jean China.
He expresses the hope that cam will
taken before
the American Congress ad jovens in March, Router.
23o Prodaja Laskirta lagi 30:10:2) MARECUNOA
for into Rad disorders which are attributed to excessive smoking,
declared King Zorn was Albania in August, 1928, after serving as President of the coun- try temporarily a republic) for three years. His politica) career began alter the murder of Emand Pasha in 1920. He won a fontest for control with Fan Noli and was franred by Italy.
Modem mudera View. Fr WAN married to daughter of Shevket Verlari Bey. hut dissolved the union to leave himself frev te espouse a princess. This
antagonised step
The
WIVES WHO ARE
two British officers and a British his series was due to the excrthern tribes, and notably his 3.6.0. The party camped for the fee of British workmanship in brother-in-law, Zena Rey, who was night close to the headquarters | his rar throughout, and to the later murderes at Prague. of Kara's "rebels
aesistance rendered by the British Lieutenant Busines fell into an motor industry, le paid a tribute ambush while he was visiting to the spirit of sportmanship he sentry-post, and with no help at had met with in America. hand, he was literally cut t pieces by the fasaties with their The troops heard his cries and an attack was made. Four of the rebels were shot dead, but the others maile their escape.
swords.
Idara Killed.
To-morrow, Sir Malcolm goes toj Buckingham Palace to receive the knighthood, which the King has conferred upon him.
In a brief interview with Reuter, he said: "
have not
given up motor-racing and it is เ most unlikely that i have given
IGNORED..
MISS RATHBONE'S' BILI. TO CONTROL WILLS.
Was subsequently learned up record-breaking attempts."yotes to 28 gave a second reading that Idara himself had been shica | Renter und British Wireless.
od fatally wounded.
were
The military forces reinforced and in the round-up which followed, the ringlenders of the mulbreak were arrested, and the other malcontents dispersed.
The more orthodox Mahomedaus refused to participate in Idworn's insurrection.
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deut. 1. J. Holmes had been Sierra Leone since 1927, having been seconded from the Prince of Wales's Volunteers (West Lan- cashire) Regiment. He joined the Army in 1923—Render.
FIRE DISASTER IN MANCHURIA,
JAPANESE CONSULATE BURNT TO GROUND,
Tokyo, Feb, 21.
A message received from Chang. chun, in Manchuria, states that the Japanese Consulate was completely
estroyed by fire last night.
The cause lá so far not known. There were no casualties.—Reuter,
THE PRINCES' TOUR.
GIRL "SLAVES” IN HONGKONG.
SIR JOHN SIMON JOINS THE CRITICS.
London, Feb. 20.
London, Feb. 20. The House of Commons by 119
to a private Pill submitted by Misa Itathbone (Ind.) setting forth that husband in his will, must pr perly provide for the support for his wife, and also tor such chil dren whose
necessitates parental support,
The
Bill will similarly affect the wills of wives.
ake
Cause of the Riot.
incident The serious
resulted from the government regulation that all schools have to provide themselves with a substantial endowment fund. The managers
of this one claim that it was agreed that the temple of the god of literation, which decuples an Important rite In the market. should be ined over to them far this purpose
Their plante pull down the temple and bull shop on the site.
BEZWANGUERAKSTUCKEROHANSENSAMIENT
MORE BAD LUCK FOR BROPHY.
Leaves for Manila But Hus
1 Return..
ENCOUNTERS DENSE FOG.
Bad weather again attenden Mr. G. W. Brophy, at, The L. E. Gale Company, when he left Kai Tack his fight to Manila this morning. thick for compelling him to return. to the Colony within half an home.
very
With conditions not good in Hogkong, but Pratas reporting moderate weather. in hix Mr. Brophy took off Waco model "" open cockpit machine at 8.35 this morning. but after having travelled for about 25 miles, he ran into a dense fog. He continued for some time but que the fog showed no prospect of thin- ming, he decided to turn back. ending at Kai Tack at about nine o'clock.
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using the rent for the purposes of the school.
Strong local opposition has been manifest from the time the plan was revealed, and it is certain that the school managers could not have secured control of the nurket site without outside nid,
celebration of Chinese New Year was almost brought to a standstill by the severe snow storm, which rnged for days, Telephone and telegraph services were interrupted, and all traine an the Peking-Hankow Railway have now been brought to a stand still. Did-timers state that the fall has been the worst for forty years,
A report from Nanking states smull that the destruction of houses and huts as resulted from terrible snowstorms in that region. ---Rruter and Earhunpe.
YOUNG BRITON'S
FLIGHT.
GRADUATE ATTEMPTS RECORD TO AUSTRALIA..
But on the alert to salute.
☐ ☐ infamous saying:---
before?"
Never mind about your wages,
Or motor ears and shoes. But rise ye budding anges, And versify on booze,
Though nothing else is stable, And money's gone to pot, We'll show you how we're able To fix that old odd spot. Your gin
shali rank Sterling,
Your smokes with £..., When homeward you
whirling,
with
are
Pray don't despondent be; For in the Club's onsle, You there shall call to mind. At last you're on gold basis, Though of the liquid kind!
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Asked his impression of the Peak, an American tourist who had been lost in the fog stated that he was struck ty the similari- ty of view.
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There are only forty-five polí theal parties anxious to govern D O
Spain. Strange to any, theso do And another:-"I've heard it not include our
friends, before, but nhed. tulit matadors, toreadors, plcadors, again!"
compradores or cuspidores!
go
Hangkong bil may be a behind in some things, but she can give points 10 Shanghai when it comes to Rugger.
DD
An apple # day keeps the doctor
away--- don't get the aceda in your windpipe.
These days the head of the
Girl: What do you find the most diflent thing to learn about farming?
Did
What with the
increased use
of gas and the police banning these naughty Chinese calen- diars, Hongkong
will
able
ROON be to pride
itself on being the
cleanest
city in the Far
East.
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The times are
guch, indeed,
that
many
ran worth his
salt finds him
self in a tight
house usunily
all Felu headaches, Lyons, Feb. 20.
the
Agricultural Student: Getting
A young Cambrläge graduate,
up at five in the morning. ᄆᄆ
pinch.
☐ ☐
named Fairbrain, left London yes We commend to the notice of "Spanish Clouds
Disperso,"
terday in a light aeroplane in an the Retrenchment Committee a rends श newspaper headline. attempt to beat Wing Commander machine handled by three men Nevertheless, the reign will con- Kingsford Smith's record flight to which does the work of 700 hands. klaue!, Australia,
He is, however, at present held up here owing to unfavourable was ther.-Kester,
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Too many Hongkong people take
of the players.
MacWhirter
says
constant
dropping-in causes a lot of falling
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Reading has won an away foot-
011
golf seriously, especially the wives ball match for the first time this
season. This takes the biscuit. 口口
D D "Ciella Springs Surprise Moorhen," says a newspaper end- ing. We trust that the longkong Naturalist will Investigate this phenomenon.
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out.
London, Feb, 20. Flight Licatenant Rose has aban- doned his attempt to establish new record for solo light from England to Capetown. He is Rkely to be delayed about a week at Palapye, eflecting repairs to the under Kentlemen prefer bends. earringe of his aeroplane which was wrecked in landing after kis flight ;
In the matter of investments,
These Cubans who have been
A contemporary the other day
"In memory of... which it took pains to point out wus
from Bulawayo yesterday. The setting fire to sugar plantations had a picture of a stone inscribed
uninjured.-British were razing cane, as it were.
airman Wireless,
WILX
PRINCES MISS PERU REVOLT.
MAY ENCOUNTER UNREST IN ARGENTINA.
New York, Feb. 20.
The Prince of Wales and Prince |George by their departure from
Lima on the 18th, narrowly missed an attempted revolution In Peru,
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The Hongkong Government inscribed "In loving memory
coulit muke quite a lot of money of
If it taxed people'a yearnings..
£1
This leaves nothing
to the imagination.
If the metal goes down further Turkeys were given as prizes in
golf tournament at Home in price, even Scots might conse recently. This ensured several referring to it as silicr. players gelting birdles,
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The man
who discovered that Germans in Berlin recently the silver alump is due to Judas, honoured the memory of the should explain why it took 2,000 founder of the postcard. We'd years to work. like to bet they wished he were there.
An advertiser wants a matshed DU
which is "not too for out," A Kowloon man says radio pro- Somewhere near the shore would, Armed civilians attacked the grammes are coming to from of course, be more convenient. On the proposal of Sir Stafford
Presidential Palace at Lima early his drawing-room firepince. It in
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Temple Destroyed.
in the morning. They were driven true some programmes sound like "What piracy means," Rays measure was referred to a joint
aff and Bed to Callao, where they blazes.
local.
newspaper headline. Parliamentary Committee for con- This they obtained from soldiers took refuge in an old fort, from
Exactly l in a speech at Odford to-night.sideration before the Government sent out to root up the opium crop, which they were, ejected after a "We are lussooed fast by Ameri- Sir John Simon, after referring will be prepared to facilitate its The job was one which apparently short slege.
finance,"
says Mr. Lloyd, to the tremendous amount of passage into law.
gave the soldiers the utmost plea Argentina and Paraguay are George. To be or knot to be. slavery in China, alluded to the Britain is the only country sure. They wrecked and dismantled also stirring, unrest being revealed position, in Hangkong..
where husband is allowed to the temple and destroyed a large in recent incidents.
Fifteen ariny Ona man's telephone is another make a will excluding his wife and image of the god, which was auf- officers were arrested at Buenos man's wrong number, children. Reuter.
ficiently covered with gold lenf to Aires in connexion with an anti-
He mid he felt that despite the efforts made, there existed there a condition under which children, especially girls were attachert to employers under conditions India- tinguishable from slavery.
He added: "Don't let us spond all our time, lecturing other peo- ple. Let us see first if we can get rid of all slavery in the arons we control. Let us set an example to the rest of the world."--Router.
CAIRO-CAPE FLIGHT.
1
- BIG LOCK-OUT IN GERMANY.
NINE THOUSAND WORKERS IDLED).
can
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be of considerable intrinsic value. Cover in Paraguay have captured some tople whistle while they Government plot, while revolu- Talking about Civil Servants,
the
:
Two announcements this wook! Cement Dividend:-Something
canerete," na doubt.
Electric Dividend: Obviously a current acquisition..
honey!" plctures will like to know Patrons of the "Yeah, I get you. that America is producing more
honey every year. Even the bees
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☐ D Que swallow may not make a are talking! summer, but many swallows will
The angry populace could do no- thing in
presence of the the frontier town of Villa En.. soldiers, but when these had left, carnacion-Reuter's American Ser-work-others just whistic." they held indignation meetings in vice. the market place and then staged the attack upon the school, which they wrecked almost as completely as the temple was wrecked,
Clan Feud Feared.
They now accuse the school and a thousand miners have been managers of being Communiet rendered idle by the decision of In tendency, while the mana- appeal
Cologne, Feb. 20.
Elght thousand steel workers
tute
NEW OIL BASE FÖR TURKEY.
RUSSIAN SYNDICATE TO UNDERTAKE.
make a spring in revenue retum By placing the duties on intoxi- when the new duties come into eants on a gold basis, the Govern- forec:
ment is protecting its liquid as sets.
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In view of the Increased cost of
A Home doctor asserts that skipplag is the cheapest and
An spirituous liquors, it is expected houlthiest form of sport. the German Steel Trust to close gera have terved
upward tendency is anticipated in that some people will grin while down its works at Ruhrortmolto the public and scattered it
beering it.. ropes! Moscow, Feb. 20. London, Feb, 20.
derich, near Dalaberg.
all over the country-side. Their The Naptha Syndicato ha con- London, Feb. 20. On its return journey from the
The Trade Unions refused to caso does not appear to be a very cluded an agreement with the Con- The only way to solve this aliver The research laboratories have The Prince of Wales and Prince Cape to Cairo, the Royal Air Force allow the men to accept the on-strong one, but there is grave dan stantinople Municipality for the problem is to withdraw all notes announced the discovery of a short George loft La Paz, Bolivia, shortly South African Flight left Bulawayo ployers' offer to continue working ger of the matter developing into construction of an oil base at and insist on paying in bullion. length wave that may be developed after midnight for Antofagasta,for Salisbury. Southern Rhodesia, at a wage reduction of 20 per cent. a serious clan foud, which would be Constantinople, at a cost of £8000,- Then somebody might make a into a death ray. They'll probably Chile Britisk Wireless,
-to-day.British-Wireless,"
Router.
(Continued on Page 14.)
000 (Turkish currency)-Reuter, profit on the cartage,
call it the ultra-violent ray.