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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1931.
MURDER OF POPPY, MRS. BRUCE GIVEN
GROWERS.
"MAKING EXAMPLES" IN THE SWATOW AREA.
OFFICIAL PERFIDY.
(Our Own Correspondent.)
There
is
BIG WELCOME.
AIR UNDER-SECRETARY'S TRIBUTE.
́EFFICIENT PLANE.
FLOODLIGHTING IN HONGKONG,
STRIKING EFFECTS OF SYSTEM.
During the last few weeks, may people have had their attention drawn to a brightly illuminated building at the eastern end of the harbour, and many have been the The effect in most pleasing, and conjectures concerning it. produced by the employment the General Electric Company's far-famed Floodlighting system on the tongkong Electric Company's generating stallon at North Point.
of
used with
the world. Landon, of course,
London, Feb. 20, The Hon. Mra. Victor Bruce, the famous racing motorist, and ayla Swatow, Feb. 18. tor, caneluded her 19,000 miles uncertainty world flight to-day when she ar- much among the farmers in the districts rived at Croydon Aerodrome from around as to the policy of the Lympne, No single part of her Authorities with regard to the Blackburn "Blue Bird" aeroplane oplum erop.. More poppy has been has been renewed during the flight. Although an innovation as fur Krown this season than for some! She was accorded an official wel-lighting has been
as Hongkong is concerned. Flood- Pears, and the fields are in bloom came at Croydon by the Air Caun-conspicuous stevens throughout and the opfum is being drawn off{eft, on whose behalf the Under at the present time. Technically Secretary for Air. Mr. Frederick has many outstanding examples, the crop is illegal and la some
Montague offered congratulations. while throughout the British parts the military headquarters e said: "The meet striking fea- af Swatow has sent out companies ture of the accomplishment was its Isles, of anddiers with orders to uproot. the towers. The activity of these guarde is sporaslie and arbitrary,
Recalling the fact that Where they have been there have race qualified for the Air Mini ben zume sal incidents, as ut altry private pilot's licence only twa villare in the Fungshan district months before starting on her long shes they tri in and killed actual flying experience up to the
fand arduma light, and that man who was tending his plantat of her departure WAS only
to Ho-pho in the Kityang district a man was summarily executed.
These measures contrast strong
perfeet and
inry".
unpretentious
01
Important buildings
have been description Pili vers
invested with A new angle to of hemuly by being made stand out in almost dazzling white at night.
Mrs.
Apart from the lighting
industrial undertakings, such as Tiltings, there is an increasingly wile scope for, fluxllighting
in
in the field, and again where, nennt forty hours, fus miel this must the Blumination of doeks, wharve
have an important hearing upon the railway goods words, que du much to convince the public afwerk is carried on by night. In development of airmindedness and and open spaces generally the strides that are being made in marine work. floodlighting can be) air conquest, Art Well in the very effectively employed for the In many villages the Tariners oficiency and reliability of mulogy | baudling of cargo and the lawrich,
resting up aircraft. British Wireless,
by with the inartaity of officials in other parts.
londonime
the org. aring loss, for the pops is an expensive rige te} cultivato
Cast
.3; יי
MR. BUGENE CHEN'S
FUTURE.
NOT TO ENTER POLITICS FOR A TIME.
In the
Nanking. Feb. 20. absence of an official an-
ing of boats. Other applications are the fighting of buildings etc. during construction; the lightin and football fields, eraket proanuk and tennis courts, and the Heriation 【 pagracia and portachiar displays of a vurjete In typos.
Bungat ng is preuliarly suitable for this Fore of amination, and one can visundise the effect from many points of vantage, of pro- minent buildings, standing ori
Let your 145tall an hold of ape lail down with poppy: but
th mysteriously pamant round that For year I wont be all right to plant, and that there would be:
tax of $15 an ere
on the erop. It was not knowit openly by whom -unction led bren given, but if
polarly beloved that it wouncement courerning the reported at night radiantle white. 1 is Nanking devision to appoint Mr.paleipated that Floodlighting will Eugene Chen, ex-Nationalist Minis į be widely employed höre, and the vivil magistrates
inter of Foreign Affairs at Canton, General Electric Company the beginning tool a
to an importat post in the Foreign already received numbers of en string fee, it is believed that he will quiries. Sa paper aginst it, but nothing no re-enter politics for some time. was done in make their prohibit is announced by his associates tions offer five. Later the military that he will be returning to Shang- vulimoritfe also poi qui provianthal to-inorrow.
from the military
quarters,
tione amiant the cup. But people. Mr. Chen is planning to reside are quit, in Qre dark as to the at Shanghai, spending his time in real atentions of the various riting
matters autherating, whether they reap or during hilang period sexily olstery of upont Bikely to be an rs-jabroad.
pensive busine-s.
When the seed was first planted]
JAPAN.
SCHOOL WRECKED BY ANGRY MOB.
have
Continued from Page
particularly unfortunate at this stage, since there would be a tem- one side to call in conmunist, aid, and Ho-phu has for some years been the main bulwark against coniunism in the west of the Kit Yang District.
it was crurally said that it was CHINESE DEMANDS ON statist part of the lot brought in by the Yannamese who watered Kwangsi last year, and that. it had been. brought into Swalow by vessels
TO IN FULL.
of the Chinese Navy. Whether| NOT LIKELY TO BE AGREED that was there speculation or whe ther there was some ground for The suspiints one eatinot tell.
Shanghai, Feb. 29.
Communist Invasion.
It is reported that the communist army under Tau and Mo has enter The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Kwangtung border and cap- will shorily open pegotiations with inred Phin-nyen district city. the Japanese authorities concern-spme time there has been INDUSTRIES FAIR BIG in the relinquishment of the Japan.tion as to the effect of any drive in specula-
SUCCESS.
ONE OREERS BRINGS IN £180,000.
London, Feb, 21, Great satisfaction is expressed
The exhibitors The British
Industries Pair the extent of business done with home und foreign buyer's who have visited; the Fair,
The Manchester Guardian MAVA an order has been given for two million yards of fabric called sparva, which was much admired)
For
ose Conerasion at Hankow.
cented China, and the expectation Peking sources believe that that. if sitecessful, it might mean the Japanege Government is willing to return to China gellements at Chungking, Shasi, Somehow and Hongelow, but con- siders the present time insultable for the rendition of the settlements
Changchun,
retreal townrds Kwangtung. West The Fuklen is, and for some time has teen, overrun by communist armies: and recently Tingchow again fell to Ton and Mo,
Tientsin. Amoy Mukten and
WAR DAMAGES IN CHINA.
The weakness of the government. attack against them is in the Fukien appointments. No-one has any confidence in the generals who have been entrusted with the move- ment there, and it is said that the communists expressed Bvely satis. faction at one appointment as it ensured them a plentiful supply of arms whenever the general
the Queen during her visit to HOW THE TELEGRAPH LINES should take the field. It is not
the Cotton Section of the Fair.
It is worth £100,000 and has been
placed partly by home and partly
| by colonial buyers,
SUFFER,
Nanking, Feb. 20. According to enquiries made by
therefore surprising that they should be able to gruas the border. Strenuous efforts will be made Lo sten them In Kwangtung. The largest foreign order in the Ministry of Communications, Military headquarters in Swatow this section was received yesterdaninge amounting to $4,466,792 are sending troops against them, day for two hundred miles of hao was enused last year to telegraph some possibly up the Chaochowfu white mall from a Near Bast wires in the. Provinces on account river, and some overland from Kit- merchant.
for the prolonged warfare between yang. A force of 1960 has been Nearly 12,00
accredited buyers Nanking and the Shanxi milordered to advance from there visited the heavy swetion of the tary combination.
through Fun-shun..
tair at Birmingham yesterbiy During the first five days of the Fair 2,400 overseas buzere and over 58,000 home buyers visitet the Olympia sertion.-British Wirriena.
EXCHANGE RATES.
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ITALIAN AIRMEN
WELCOMED.
RETURN FROM ATLANTIC CROSSING.
Rome, Feb. 20,
It is possible that Tau and Mo have no intention of advancing into. this province. But severe pressure would undoubtedly tend to push them both to the north and to the
sart rivers. If not further to the north-east of the province, and their movements will doubtless cause local reactions among the remnants
of former communist forces, espec- ially in the Hai-lok Hong region.
Yesterday,] signor Mussolini warmly em--Our Own Correspondent.
123.89%braced the Air Minister, General 26.18lbo, who, with his nerial col
20.1312 leagues, was vociferously welcomed 18.10
on the bellugged capital on their return from their trans-Atlantic 175ght-Reuters
Previous Day.
Parisi Geneva. Berlin.
123,91%
25.18
.20,43
18.10%
Helsingfors.
193
103
Buenos Aires.:.30%
Athens
Shanghai.
375 .1/%
New York.
<£85.7/16/2
Amsterdain...12.10%
Stockholin....18.14%
04.18/16
1/1 4.85.0/32 12.10 18.1414
Vienna ...... 134.07%
34.57%
Madrid.....47.35
40.25
Bucharest...817
817
Montevidun
.34%
34%%
.10%
10
.34.8414
.02.02
18.10 10-4
Hongkong
Brussels
Milan
Copenhagen. 18.10
Rio
34.83 92.79%;
THE FRENCH ARMY ESTIMATES.
MARKED INCREASE OVER.
LAST YEAR.
Paris, Feb. 20. The Army Estimates have been 108.25 prepared. They amount to Fra 4.3/10 459,000,000, which is Fra. 76,000,- Holiday 000 above the figure for last year.
Prague.
1644 Lisbon
.108,25 4.7/32 Bombay.... .1/6% Yokohama......2/0.13/92 Silver (spot)....12.7/16 13.3/10 The total is, however, 16 'por
(forward) 12.5/16 12.1/16 cont. below the pre-war figure.
British Wireless. Reuter,
2/0.13/02
NEW APPOINTMENTS GAZETTED.
MR.. E. W. HAMILTON FOR KOWLOON BENCH.
The following appointments are gazetted:
Mr. E, W, Hamilton to be 'Police Magistrate, Kowloon.
Mr. J. S. MacLaren to be District Omeer in the Southern District of the New Territories.
Mr. W. H. Owen to be an Assis- tant Assessor of Rates.
Police Magistrato and Coroner.
Mr. W. Schofield to act as Firat
Mr. R. E. Lindself to act as Pulsne Judge...
AMUSEMENTS
OF HONGKONG.
AT. THE
Final Showings To-day
QUEEN'S A 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20,
NEVER HAVE YOU
--FUNNIER,
WILLIAM
BEEN
HAINES
THAN IN
Way
Out West
You take HS out where Laughs are Laughs, and you show us just how to get laughs from a cowboy, and love from the cowboys" gals! It's a riotous round-up of roars!
FRED NIBLO'% production witā
LEILA HYAMS, POLLY MORAN' CLIFF EDWARDS
FOLLY MOKAN
LEILA (YABES
CLIFY EDWARDS
F. X. BUSHMAN, JE,
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REVIEW of
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REVUETTE
"Ship Ahoy"
with PHIL SPITALNY
TO-MORROW
Her only leg-acy was
a pair of perfect calves-but the havoc they created!
with
SUE CAROL JACK MULHALL
EL BRENDEL
Musical movíatone of legs, love and laughter
MUSICAL
TITTA
RUFFO
The GOLDEN
AT
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