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FOUNDED AUX FRIDAY, APRİL 24, 1931.
BIG FIGHT IN CHICAGO.
CHINA GOLD BASIS.
NEW
NOTES THE Death Salute. BEGINNING.
INTRODUCTION OF
NEW CURRENCY.
How Air Marshal Lost His Life.
KEMMERER REPORT STORY OF CRASH.
FOUNDATION.
(Our Own Correspondent.)
Shanghai, Apr. 24. The belief that Mr. T. V. Soong's announcement re- garding the insue by the Bank of China of notes ex- pressed in terms of gold
units "as measure of con- venience to importers in the payment of Customs' duties,” heralds the initial step to- wards the adoption of a gold standard, is now general. Financiers have read into the very significant aanerment
Landun, Apr. 24.
An Air Force anlute which came a "saints of death" appareul- Hy lies behind the crash in which Air Vice Marshal Pelton Vosey Holt and light Lieutenant H. M.
Monty were killed yesterday.
A sandran of eight single. seater 5ghters had been ordered to tart as an escort 1o Vice-Marshal Holt's plane for a few miles, and tu give the usual Air Force salute when they parted.
As a result, the Moth developed a spin and crushed,
APPETITES
WHETTED FOR BUDGET.
INCIDENT IN THE COMMONS.
"SOMETHING MAY ARISE."
in
London, Apr. 23, The rising curiosity in political circles as to the well kept secrets of the Bud- get Statement, which the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Philip Snowden will make on Monday, has been heightened by an incident in the House of Commons to- night.
WORLD TITLE MAY GO TO BRITAIN.
►
KID BERG'S BID.
Chicago. Apr. 23. Britain's chand to regain some of her lost boxing laurels will come at 4.30 .m. British Summer Time. on
日七初月三
Construction
For.
Overzeni
Motoring
Conditions.
BINGLE COPY 10 CANTO
FORT MOTOR CYCLE TYRES
LOCAL BRANCH,
Padder Bldg.
936 PER ANNUL
PRETENDER RAJPUTANA RESCUE.
TO THE
SPANISH THRONE. BRITAIN'S LATEST P. AND O. LINER'S
OLD SUCCESSION ISSUE RAISED.
DON JAIME ISSUES A MANIFESTO.
TENNIS HOPE.
THE WORLD'S PING-PONG CHAMPION.
DAVIS CUP MATCH.
London, Apr. 23. Monaco's annual flutter in the Davis Cup competition will again
Form of the British team, for whom F. J. Perry, the son of Mr. S. P.
Saturday ROYALIST CALL.e short-lived judging by to-dny's
GOOD WORK.
WRECK SURVIVORS PICKED UP.
MAROONED ON BLEAK ISLAND.
(11.30 p.m. h Hongkong) when the former Whitechapel cabinet-
Paris. Apr. 23. - maker's apprentice, Kid Ders---
A Legitimist bomb has been liament for Kettering, has grudunt- once employed at five shillings thrown at the new Hepubliganed as a British tennis hope. week-dzhts Tony Canzoneri, regime in Spain by the Spanish
inhabited It is interesting to note that he the lightweight champion of the Pretender. Don Jaime of Bourcame into prominence as a tennis world, for the title at the Chicago bon, son of the famous Don Car-player through ping-pong, at which | Stadium.
los, who himself led his suppor-hr is the world's champion. Kid Horg, the cleverest anders in the Curiist War of 1872- Perry made his first appearance fiercest fighter sent out from
76. Britain for many years, is only D waiting
Ferry, the Labour Member of ar HWAH YANG SUNK
mer-
Wrecked on a bleak un- island off the China coast near Wenchow and marooned in cold foggy weather for nearly eighteen hours, the passengers and crew of the s., Hwah Yang, a Chinese vessel of about 1,700 tons, were rescued by the P. and O. liner Rajputana at noon on Wednesday, and arrived in Hongkong to-day.
The squadron dipped in salute,
to win the title as sl After the Prime Minister had when the Moth machine, in which Vice-Marshal Hall was 'n passen stated the business to come be-justification for getting married.
The proposed bride is Eleanor ger and Lieut. Moody the pilot,fore the House next week. Mr. and one of the fighters, a Siskin. Stanley Baldwin, the Leader of Kraus, the prelly daughter of a Hightly collided t a height
"the Opposition, drew attention to millionaire New York silk 11.500 feet.
departure from the usual for- chant.
Berg has already beiten Tony muln: "Consideration of the
and is now a 7/5 on favourite for
The British champion returned to England from his last American tour last year, wealthier by some £13,000. He has already, earned thousands of pounds on his pre- sent tour, and he will receive! fight, £2,000 from to-morrow's while Canzoneri gels £10,000, or £1.000 per round,
The collision occurred over Sea, Budget resolutions," and to the Canzonerion January 17, 1931-unjust "that ns a "result of the The first two sets were love set the rocks of the island during a
Prime Minister's words: "Busi- that the Governmay have been hurst Park, Sussex, the pule ovens
out of the State- ady and by Sir Arthur Salter topant of the Siskin being injuredness arising
The Moth indonged to the 21th (ment." pine China's en veney on a stald basis as go011
as possible and Squadron and the Siskin to the Bed Squadron. that the Government have deent ed to carry out the recomenda- tions of the Kenumerer Ung mission's Report.
for the British Isles at Plymouth today, in the first singles match of Jaime has seized the
the Davis Cup contest with Mana opportunity of Alfonas's retife ment into exile to publish a mini-, beating Gallepe in straight
sets, 6-3, 6-2, 7.5. Testo in Spain, calling upon all
H. W. "Bunny" Austin, who an Monarchisin
rally 211 the Legitimist cause and to unite in pears to be at the top of his form just now, defeated Landau (Mono- combatting. Communism,
co) by three straight sets, in The Hwah Yang crashed on The Pretender declares it to which he conceded only one game. failure of a King who did not know and Landau snatched a game in the dense fog at about 1.30 o'clock how to win the love of his people,nul set. Austin winning G-0, 6-0. on
The Tuesday afternoon. the Monarchist movement should G-1.
vessel was badly holed and began end.
court to
make water rapidly, the He offers to put himself at the showing, coming into the
He de straight from the dentists' chair foreign master (Capt. Sokoloff) head of all patriots. clares he is even ready to shed for a tooth extraction.--Reuter. his blood in the fight against Communism.
Gradual Introduction.
Ale Vice-Marshal - Vesey Holt was the Officer Commanding the Fighting Aren Air Defence of Great Britain. He joined the Royal Flying Corps 16 1913 and in 1928 was appointed Director of It is lieved that the issue of Technical Development at hte Air gok notes in Shanghai and out-Ministes. He received his last ports next week will commence pojutment as recently as April 14t. process of a gradual introduction)
of a uniform gadd currency system throughout the whole country,
To-day, the Central Bank China curries an aggregate deposit i account of Customs" gold uitsi worth several millions of US, Gold Dollars.
יגין
According to Deformatua nival by koral Bankers, planes with Customs Houses and offices ont the Central Daul, of China. Tientsin
and
Reuter and British Wireless,
WAR ON MADEIRA REBELS.
CAPTAIN CORREIRA'S
ORDERS.
lik
and
1. Doom. Apr 201
Canim. Manifer of Marine sail
Bankow. numerous Yangtze ports, where
for the new moden.
Five Denominations,
Captam erreita, who
in
gold units are being used, in pay with the eminder of ti ment of import duties, Custom Exped martel. Gold Unit Notes are being shipped Mateira early this morning. from Shanghai at the present) time in order to meet the demand command of the naval and mili tars forens, said he hoped to be pared the neersity of shedding The bland of his fellow enuntry- The notes are being issued in men, but he was a soldier arcus- five denominations, namely: tomed to abey orders, and I have
eders to abey."
from cibraltar One Customs guld unit tequilates that the British cruiser 40 cents gold which means oneCurlew has sailed to the wet, its dollar Customs Gold).
10 rents gold.
20 cents gold.
Five Customs Gold Units Five Dollars Customs Gold),
for
Ten Customs Gold Units
for
Ten Dollars Customs Gold),
A
destination being unrevealed, 11 is, however. believed to b Hoving ILM.S. London at Funchal
Reute,
Fashen, Apr. 24.
Four trawlers converted int
A Ten Customs Gold Unit not guard ships have left for Madeira
at the present time is
Mr. Banay MacDonald said:
"Something may arise out of the statement which will require action by the House, but I assure the House that it need not be at all alarmed about it."
Pressed further, he took refuge,
humourously, in the Parliamentary tradition of "not anticipating the
Budget statement."
The Budget speeches will be the firal public appearance of Mr. Saowden store his recent evere
illness.
In one of his et pol! piselusti be declared:
the bout
Landau had excuse to lie
ALL-EUROPEAN
SCHEME.
giving orders to abandon ship. By 5 o'clock the passengers and crew were safely ashore.
There were, it is understood, 114 souls aboard, including the crew, and the whole party managed to reach the island with- to MAY REPLACE THE PROPOSED out loss of life, just before the
Don Jaime's claim to the Throne AN Both men have concluded their of Spain is derived through his training. Berg is in very grandfather, Don Carlos, who up nappy condition. "Boy. Howto 1829 was recognised--as the
of the childless King' am going to fight," he said to brother
Ferdinand as the heir Canzoneri unstained slight | Throne. cut over the right eye during his training and appears worried.- Renter's American Service,
day.
it
KAYE DON RETURNS TO ENGLAND.
GIVEN WARM WELCOME IN LONDON.
" feel that i would be "iminat on my part 1 did not win the Fan The mail to buď dómeracy. will be whether the leaders have The courage to tell their Sullewra
I have a diffen!t job and the truth.
.f the full last the ethnic bizzard has come upon my kond
London. Apr. 23. 944 cubes Lej ene smaken in to bel
Kaye Don was given # Krea treated with sair pirion or one so bui
welcome by a large crowd on be charged position becomes intolerssile, but arriving in London to-day on his know sufficient of the Labran move.
with
perdidy
Daughter Made Queen.
the
CUSTOMS UNION.
Al ambitious
the
-
Hwah Yang sank stern frst, leav Prague. Apr. 23. Ing her bows jutting into the air- "All-European" above the water, held up apparent- A daughter was born to Ferdin- and in the following year and the scheme, whereby the proposed Ausly by a jagged rock.
tro-German Customs Union might) king immediately persuaded
Night Ashore, be replaced by a vast international Courts to revoke the Salte law-by agreement on agricultural and in
The survivors spent which succession passes to the dustrial questions was outlined by
the Fearest male heit-established in Dr. Benes, the Czecho-Slovaking the island in wretched conditions, whole of le night upon Spain by the first Bourbon king. Foreign Minister, in a speech at the following morning the air Lad to restore the ancient Spanish the Foreign. Committee of
had cleared and 'a large red flag Chamber of Deputies to-day. law of succession.
was holated for the purpose of Just previous to Ferdinand's
The scheme includes concerted
of attracting attention
passing death in 1833. the Cortes recognction by Germany, France, Italy,
skips. nised Isabella as future queen and Czecho-Slovakia, Austria and pos his wife as Regent.
sibly Switzerland regarding the
Fortunately, however, newa-of renched other disposal of the agricultural sur the disaster had plus of the States of South-Eastern ships in the vicinity, among them Isabella enme to the Throne but Europe, and a European agreement the P. and O. liner, Majputans, chaotic and on industrial production and dis- which was bound for Hongkong. Rajputana intercepting n feree war raged in the North ofposal of the agricultural surplus of The Spain, led by Dan Carlos, for sev-the States of South-Eastern Europe, wireless message, giving the posi- eral years. His son, Don Carlos, and a European agreement on in- tion of the wreck, found that the Count de Montemelin, revived the dustrial production and distribu- next nearest veseci, a
tion-Reuter. claim, but was defeated and signed a renunciation.
Cartist WarH.
P
ent to know that when it is hard
shrink from facing them."
not
British Wirclens.
return from South America, where
set u he
a new world spend record in the motor boat "Mies her reignwAA gainst i fets it will
England II" at Buenos Aires a few weeks ago, British Wireless.
Mass Rebel Attacks on French
Posts in Annam.
worth to participate in the operations Hundreds of Casualties Inflicted On
US. GS4. Ten tacks are worth only U.S. G$210.
Dr. Sun's Portrait.
On the face of the new mutes is; printed the portrait of Dr. Suni Yat-sen (which adfords a remin- der of the fact that Mr. Kemmerer suggested that the new gold unit for China should be called a zame of the "un.") and the issuing bank. the Central Bank of China.
Il promises to pay the bearer on demand.
On the back in printed a picture of the Shanghai Customa House and an English translation of the contents appearing on the opposite
side.
PALESTINE SCHEME
DISCUSSED.
ACTION IN LONDON AND JERUSALEM.
jagainst the rebels,
Two destroyers and an auxiliary cruiser are leaving for Madeira at mid-day--Reuter.
AUSTRALIAN LABOUR
LEGISLATION.
BANK TO PROVIDE GOLD FOR DENT DUES.
Revolting Natives.
recrudescence tionary movement
at
A
The most famous Don Carlos, the Duke of Mailrid, carried on a campaign, soon after the abdic- ation of Isabella in favour of Alphonse XII, the establishment of a Republic and the Restoration. The war lasted four years, after which Don Carlos retired to France.
cause.
Jnime's Claim.
LADY MISSIONARIES RELEASED,
NO MENTION OF MALE COMPANION.
Hankow, Apr. 24. Miss Esther Nordlund and Miss Augusta Nelson, who were seized by bandita in Hupeh recently, to-
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China
Merchants' steamer, could not reach the scene untli five p.m. and orders were immediately given for the liner to turn round and to make full speed for the island.
Rajputana Reaches Spet.
the The Rajputana arrived at spot
a.m. on at about 11.30 Wednesday, found that the Hwah Yang had foundered, and that the surviors had managed to reach the island.
According to one of the passen- who er
Don Jaime's claim to the Throne,gether with the Rev. Oscar Ander
of the Rajputanu, son, have been released, according therefore, is on the ground that to a telegram received here. No thoroughly enjoyed the experience Indopacifi reports a serious force, but managed to maintain its the right of succession was taken mention is, however, made of Mr. of an interruption of the voyage
of the revolu. position without difficulty.
for such a purpose, the liner man- out of the male line wrongfully Anderson. .Simultaneously, the Post in French
The captors were demanding aged to get within half a mile of Indo-China, leading to consida-gular sector defending the impor
Yen Linh, at the apex of a trian.almost exactly a century ago. There
is nothing to indicate how much $120,000 as ransom, but they prob the shore, the anchor being drop- able bloodshed, when rebels, tant region of Do-Laung, was as support he is likely in rally to his ably released the women as being ped, while a motor-boat was put
cut, towing a life-boat, hindrance. massed in force and inadequately united, by a forcé of 800 rebels,
It is reported that Ho Lung, the armed, rushed blindly on military but to no purpose. The Legion- Death of King's Aunt,
lender, is being preused by
Dangerous Currents. handit Canberra, Apr. 23, posts maintained by the Foreign aires held their own, despite re-
Another lifeboat manned by Meanwhile, us a direct result the Government forces. The House of Representatives, by Legion in Central Annam, and peated attacks, and the rebels were
All three missionarica belong to European stewards also made an nineteen votes to seventeen, passeri were mown down by machine eventually forced to retire, leaving of the tragle ovents of the past the Swedish Covenant Missionary attempt to reach the island, but the second reading of the Govern
behind a number of dead and few weeks, King Alfonso has been
Society.. of Kingmen, Central the strength of the current threa- wounded.
bereaved.
Hupeh. Miss Nordlund is an tened the safety of the craft. mentment's Bill to amend the Com-guns and tire from aeroplanes.
The King's aunt, the octogenar American citizen, and the monwealth Bank Act, requiring the Bank to hand to the Federal Trea-were killed and many more wound- In one single encounter, 30 rebela)
other carrying it right out of its course, fan Infanta Isabella, who thougir two are Swedish-Reuter.
and the unassisted lifeboat surer the gold necessary to meet ed. The military casualties are
paralysed insisted on leaving
forced to return. the Commonwealth's indebtedness not stated.
Madrid because she refused to die in London.
in Republican Spain, passed Away to-day at a nursing home at Passy,
She only arrived in Parls. Monday night.—Reuter.
The measure replaces the Statu-: tory provision for a 25 per cent. gold reserve by limiting the issue of Australian notes to £60,000,000, ~Reuter,
CITY OF CAIRO'S MAILS.
A
commtarique
issued by the
of
ON
GUARDS FOR JAPANESE ROYALTY.
ASSASSINATION TALK IN
AMERICA.
Boston, Apr. 3.
The motor-boat and tow reach- cd
about Island, and the one o'clock it came back with 60 of tho survivors and information that there were many more ashore
Two more lifeboats were launch-" ed, and these brought away the The police guard at the hotel at remaining members of the wreck- which Prince and Princess od party, together with a large Takamatsu are staying was doubl-amount of baggage which they ed Inst night, following a report had succeeded in Balvaging from that two men were overheard plan- the Hwah. Yang, ning an assassination.
Women, A Baby and a Dog, The Prince and Princess arrived
2,500 Rebels Engaged. No fewer than 2,500 rebels were concerned in the attacks. Their casualties in killed and wounded official Government states that on the 12th totalled more than 100, according to
reports. instant, information was received: The most sangulaary of the en- that an organised attack was con-counters between the discontented templated on four different military natives and the military occurred post in the province of Vink. When in the neighbouring province the rebels appeared, massed Iπ
on the same day an columns, converging from different the other attacks, the Native Guard- LEAGUE OF NATIONS. directions, they found the garrisons and tirailleurs opened fire on well-prepared for the expected on several thousand rebels, falling on slaught.
then as they were manoeuvring in- KINGSFORD-SMITI! LEAVES
to position for what was to have been a general assault on TO PICK UP.
The Post at Cho-an, which too ince, and inflicting an ap-
In New York from England on the Ton women, three of them very The discussions in London nre!
Port Darwin, Apr. 23. the brunt of the attack of the re-
number of casualties, being conducted with the Jewish
Tray ended with the dis-day, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ar. 10th instant, to spend a month in old, were among the survivors Cosimodoro Kingsford-bel army, numbering some
United States, and exira There was also a baby, which was Agency by an International Com-Smith took off to-day for Keepang men, forced the attackers to retreat orderly retreat of the attacking thur Henderson, stated that the Bri-the mittee appointed by the Govern- to pick up the air mails from the after a sanguinary conflict in which forces, who left 80 dead on the fish Government's contributions to guards were at once assigned to hauled aboard the Rajputana lay ment, and those at Jerusalem by City of Cairo, which recently many of the rebels were killed. field and many hundreds wounded. the League of Nationa and the In- protect them, in consequence of basket, and a dog, which w Jowish and Arab leaders appoint-crashed on the last leg of her The garrison of Nhan-Boi was Machine-guna and aeroplanes per-ternational Labour Office totalled rumours that Communists had taken aboard in a bucket.
planned A demonstration.--| in the £107,770 in 1929 and £116.190 last Reuter's American Service.
The Ratputana then, resum ed by the High Commissioner-fight from England to Australia, attacked by what appeared to be formed an effective, part British Wireless.
the right wing of the Invading rout.
year.-British Wireless,
London, Apr. 23, The Colonial Office announces that discussions on the develop ment scheme for Palestine started yesterday in London and at Jerusa-! lem
Air
--Router.
Sanguinary Battle.
1,000
the
WHAT IT COSTS BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
London, Apr. 23.
In the Parliamentary answer La
(Continued on Poga 18.)