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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
ADMIRAL KELLY
ARRIVES.
NEW C-IN-C. OF THE CHINA STATION.
FINE WAR RECORD.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 1931.
PICKPOCKET CASE REOPENED.
ACCOUNTANT WHO WAS "NOT ALL THERE."
$150 BAIL GRANTED.
ANNUAL MEETING. OF L.R.C.
INCREASED SUBSCRIPTIONS
AGREED TO..
TEA PRICES. ALSO.
Mr. E. C. Etherington presided Recreation Club, held in the Holona May Institute this morning, other members present being Mrs. R, E. Tottenham, Mrs. Gilmore, Mrs. Railton, Mrs. Hill, Mra. Fischer, Mrs. Sommerfelt, Mr. Martin, Mr. Comrie, Mrs Henderson and Mrs. Adams.
The report stated that 68
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members had joined during year, and at the end of December last, there were 337 members on the roll, of whom 72 were absent.
Vice-Admiral Sir W. A. H. Kelly, Į Suggesting that the accured K.C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O., who is was not "all there," Mr. M. K. Lo.at the annual meeting the Ladies relieving Admiral Sir A. K. Wafat the Central Magistracy this toll, K.C.H., s Commander-in-morning, applied to Mr. Williams Chief, China, arrived in the Colony for the 'rehearing of a case in this morning aboard the P. and O. which a young man was convicted ner Rawalpindi. He will halet for picking another man's pocket. his An ILM.S. Suffolk on The case first came up before the Saturday,
same Magistrate on Tuesday. The new Commander-in-Chiefed by the man's family to say that Mr. Lo said he had been instruct- who is the third son of Lieut. the man was the accountant of a H. H. Kelly, R.M.A. has well-known firm, the Sun Kwong, latterly been Vice-Admiral Com of 103, Wellington Street, of which manding the First Battle Squadron his own father was the proprietor. and Vice Admiral Second-in-Com-At the time of the incident, the Various repairs and renewals mand of the Mediterranean Fleet.elder man was temporarily absent, were carried out during the year, It la interesting to note that he being called away from the Colony both the grass courts being partial- succedect bis brother.
of Vice on account of the nes haly returfed, and the small Admiral Sir John D. Kelly, now wife.
court entirely renewed. Admiral comanding the Reserves,
The statement of accounts show- In these posts.
ed that the year's working showed a deficit of $198.67. this belug ac- counted for by a decrease in on- trance fees and subscriptions of $565, whilst repairs and improve- leaving ments showed an increase of $459. school. Taking the surrounding The cost of re-laying and re-wiring circumstances, such as his financial | No. 5 court amounted to $1,300, while turfing of grass courts cost
to the ropairs NIACONANIMEZUELAUNZINES mate$490, and
Club House, $235.
The report and accounts adopted.
Service in the War. The new Commander-in-Chief entered the Navy in 1886, beenmue
Lieutenant in 1894. Commander
in 1004, Captain in 1911, Rear Admiral in 1922, and Vico-Ad- miral in 1927. From 1902 to 1984, he served in Somaliland (medal and clasp), and was Naval Attache In Parls from 1911 to 1914, being an Interpreter in French.
Vice Admiral Kelly Was dix. Unguished carly in the Great War as captain of the light cruiser Gloucester in her chase of the German battle-cruiser Gaeben. and in 1917-18 he was Commodore of the Allied Naval Forces in the Adriatic. Pron 1919 to 1921, he was Head of the British Naval Mission to Greece, with the rank of Vice-Admiral in the Greek Navy. In 1923-21 Ive Rear-Admiral in the First Battle Squadron. Atlantic Fleet, and he commanded the 2nd. Cruiser Squadron from 1925 to 1927,
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In the position which he occupied at the shop, having also charge of the firm during the absence of his father, the accused could therefore be regarded as a respectable man. He had gone straight into his father's service nfter
TO SUBSCRIBERS.
The attention of subscribers to the Hongkong Telegraph in drawn to the fact that during the forthcoming Race Meeting. which starts on Saturday, the delivery of their papers will be considerably later than usual. This is due to the fact that subscribers will re- ceive the final edition, con- taining details of the days' racing
grase
were
The General Committee WGB elected GB follows:-Mesdames Etherington, Sommerfeit, Totten- hum, Martin, Fischer, Railton and Hill. The Balloting Committee was constituted of Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Henderson, Miss Looker and Mrs. Johnson, whilst Dr. Montgo nery was appointed to the Grounds Committee with power to add two further names.
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On the proposition of Mrs. Etherington, an increase of 25 per cent, was made in members' sub- scriptions, making the individual and husband and wife subscription member's fee $20 as against $10,
$30 position and the position he occupi-members' subscription would
as against $24. Temporary ed. It was unlikely, remarked Mr. $10 instead of $9, but no increase. Lo, that he would try to pick was suggested for naval members another man's pocket. In 1927, he was appointed Ad-
for unmarried sons and doughters miralty
Continuing, Mr. Lo said the ac of members, if residing with those representative on the
cused was frightened when arrest- membora. The alteration will be League of Nations Permanent Aded,
and, visory Commission and took a pro- depositions for
looking through the brought into effect on January 1, minent part in the negotiatlons evidence of his mental attitude, for
some external, 1932. concerning thes Anglo-French evidence that he was not "all there," the price of teas and visitors' fees, It was also agreed to increase Agreement of July, 1928.
The (Mr. Lo) had discovered that the new figures decided upon be- Vice-Admiral Kelly was married the address of the accused was net ing 30 cents for teas Instead of the in 1907, to a daughter of the late out as unknown. "If he were previous 20 cents, and 60 cents Admiral Sir Edmund Poe. GC.V.O..collected. if he were all there, he visitors' fees for the privilege of K.C.B. He is the holder of many might have said he was accountant playing at the Club. foreign decorations, including Om-at the shop, a statement which Subsequent to the annual meet- cur of the Legion of Honour might have some effect in your ing, the Committee met and elect- (1911), Commander of the Legion Worship's mind. Having regard, ed the following executive officers: Mrs. R. E. Tolten-
of Honour (1917), French Croix de to the improbability of £1 young-President,
in his position committing ham; Hon. Secretary. Mrs. Som- Guerro (1917), Officer of the Ita- man lian Military Order of Savoy such a crime, I ask your Worship merfeit; Hon. Treasurer, Mrs. (1913), Ameriena Distinguished to rehear the case."
Mr. Lo also Martin. Service Medal (1919), and Greek applied for bail for the accused in Order of Military Merit. 1st Class the interval before the rehearing. (1919).
Admiral Waistell
Admiral Sir Arthur Waistell, the retiring Commander-in-Chief, has been in command of the China
Station doce 1929, having suc-. ceeded Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt. He was invested withi the K.C.B. decoration at Govern- ment House, by Sir Cecil Clementi, and in May
Insi he WAR raised
to the rank of full Admiral. During his service
His Worship granted ball-in-the Hum of $150, and provisionally fixed the case for next Thursday.
EUROPEAN STATES IN
CONFERENCE.
CONTROL OF WHEAT SURPLUSES.
Paris, Feb. 25. A resolution in favour of a sys
in the East, he has won much tem for the control of marketing! popularity. He leaves Hongkong of surplus whent was approved at for England in the s.5. Malwa on
a plenary session to-day of the Saturday.
European Agricultural Confer
YEN CRITICISES FENG.
ACCUSED OF ULTERIOR
MOTIVES.
ence.
THE NAVAL TREATY PARLEYS.
U.S. AND JAPAN KEPT
INFORMED..
London, Feb. 25. Questioned in the House of Cummons regarding the negotia tions of the Foreign Secretary and the First Lord of the Admiralty in Parts and Rome, the Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr. Hugh Dalton, said that so long as the converan tions were in progress the House of Commons would not expect the Government to make any state-
Twenty-four European Statesment. He assured the House that are represented at the conference Governments were being kept in- the United States and Japanese which is being held at the Qua formed of all that occurred, d'Orsay, and the gathering is described as the first tangible der reached Rome to-day-British Mr. Henderson and Mr. Alexan- reauit of the movement towards, Wireless. European Federation-Reuter.
Later.
The conference ended without tangible results, deciding that it Shanghai, Feb. 25.
was not compatent to settle details! Duiren messages stule that of marketing. The member of Marshal Yen Isi-shan is quoted the conference, however, under as expressing strong dissatisfac-took to Import certain quantities. tion at the decision of Marshalf the surplus wheat of central Feng Yu-hsinng not to leave China and eastern European countries, for abroad, as he promised the Nanking Government and Marshal Yen after the failure of the Shuusi-Kominchun, rebellion in North Ching,
Marshall Yon said he was the | victim of Kuominchun intrigues In which Feny. Yu-halang, Jacited discontent Among the Shansi Divisions with the aim of reducing the power of the Shurts Army. resulting in the collapse of the Shunsi-Kuomfitchun combination. A different story would have been told if the "Christian General had been, sincere in his alliance
with Shansi.
OVERCAST WEATHER,
The Royal Observatory reports that
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-Reuter.
THE R.101 DISASTER INQUIRY.
EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE EXACT CAUSE
London, Feb. 26. The Under-Setretary for Air. Mr. F. Montague, informed the House of Commons to-day that at the request of the Court of fuquiry Into the R.101 disaster. certain experiments wore boing carried out at the National Physical Laboratory with a view to fixing more definitely the cause
of the acable results were ax- -
frosh anticyclone has ported from theso experiments.
formed over China. Fresh mon- which
are not yet complete.
AMERICAN TEST CASE
ON TARIFFS.
IMPORT RULING BY THE CUSTOMS COURT.
New York, Feb, 25. A decision of the greatest con- sequence to importers is involved In the ruling of the United States Customs Courts that under the "Flexible Clause" of the Tariff Act, the President is empowered only, to alter the. rates; not the wording or the meaning of any clause in the tarli.
The decision was given in a test case brought by the Fox River Butter Company against changes affecting Swiss cheese Imports, made by President Coolidge.. Renter's American Survice.
SEAMEN'S UNIONS.
Shanghai, Poll, 26. The Ministry or Communica-
soon along the 8.E. coast of China Although most of the inquiry'stions has drafted a new set of and over the North China Sen, report is ready, it le Impossible regulations governing the forms- Local forecast:-N.E.
winds, to complete it before the exportion of Chinese seamon's unions
Are concluded. Brílich Wireless.
In the Provinces. The regulations. will be announced next week
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