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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8. 1931.
日三廿月五
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China Buliding.
FUTURE OF THE CITY HALL. Moratorium ATTACK ON Schoolgirls
WHY CINEMA OFFER WEATHER AGAIN
WAS REJECTED.
LONG LEASE BARRED BY
DEED OF TRUST.
QUOTA PROSPECTS.
THE GOVERNMENT'S refusal to permit the recon-
A SPOILER.
COUNTY. CRICKET
STRUGGLES.
KENT ECLIPSED FOR FIFTH TIME.
SURREY FAILURE.
London, July 7. Last week's weather was too
started
struction and modernisation of the Theatre Royal good to last, and the majority to provide an outlet for the exhibition of British films, of the cricket matches was explained to the "Telegraph" to-day by Mr. N. Lon Saturday were considerably Smith, the Assistant Colonial Secretary. Such use, on interrupted
by rain. Only lease, is apparently forbidden by a clause in the deed three matches (one reported yesterday) were brought to EL definite conclusion, Yorkshire
of trust.
:
wore dis-
Relief. Improved Tone Manifest.
Conference to be Held in London.
GERMAN CREDIT.
London, July 7.
A marked improvement in outlook in Britain and on the Continent has followed the conclusion of the Franco- American moratorium agree- ment, and French assent to a British proposal for an econo- mic conference in London next week.
POLICE Suicide
STATION. Pact.
CHALLENGE TO
GATTY.
Project.
KOREAN RIOTERS STRANGE CASE AT French Flight
FIRED ON.
RETALIATION AT ANTUNG.
A
Tokyo, July 8.
WHITFIELD.
Because they were reprimand-
ed by their schoolmistress for
inattention to their studies, and ROUND WORLD IN
for indulging in a theme much
beyond their years, four young Chinese schoolgirls, whose ages vary between 14 and 15, yester- day entered on a suicide pact and threw themselves into the harbour at Whitfield.
They were rescued by boat- people in the vicinity, but not before two of them had suffered; seriously from a prolonged im mersion. They were subsequently to the Government Civit
谶
FOUR STAGES.
In an attempt to break the dangerous situation
fine record set up a few days exists both in Korea and in
ago by Mesars, Harold Gatty those parts of Manchuria
and Wiley Post, two famous where Koreans are resident.
French airmen, M. 1, B-ix It is reported that three
and M. Doret, are expected hundred armed Koreans attack
to start from Paris at any ed a police station in a suburb
time now, on a flight round of Heijo, Korea, this morning taken
the world in four étages. with the avowed intention of Hospital.
Such are the ambitions of the capturing two hundred Chinese Wu Sook-yee (14). Pong Siu-French airmen that they hops
other General opinion is that the who had taken -refuge under yung (15), Wong Kwan-ying (14) to achieve two
record- However, the enforced abandonment of the scheme gaining an easy win over Sur-task of clearing up the ends will police protection.
and Leung Ah-aze (15) wore the breaking feats at the same time. seems unimportant if, as Mr. Smith suggested, there is rey, while Sussex beat Kent in take time, but that President are on the attackers and overal youthful
The Police were forced to open four figures in this drama of They plan to make a direct hop a possibility of the introduction of a quota system to an entertaining match at Hoover's proposal will be carried wera wounded bofore the rioters appointment.
tragedy And din from Paris to Tokyo, which
They live Hongkong. Mr. Smith expressed the opinion that the Tunbridge Wells.
out in the spirit and the letter.were dispersed.
with would create a world's long dis- parents in the Wanchai-Causeway Government would consider representations sympathe-ow There were many remarkably
scores. Surrey
Premier's Statement.
Meanwhile it is reported from Bay district and had been attend-tance flying record. They also tically if a sufficiency of films to fulfil the quota can be missed for 61 in their second
Antung that a Chinese mob ating the Kai Man School.
plan. to make the first nonstop The Prime Minister, answering|tacked a party of Koreans this
flight across the Pacific from guaranteed.
innings at Bradford, where Macau-n quesiton in the House of Com- morning, a flerce fight taking
Cinemas Blamed.
Tokyo. The City Hall is not
ny, the noted Yorkshire bowlermons to-day on the negotiations place in
the course of which Government building," said Mr.
was given a bencft match. Be on President Hoover's proposale twenty-five Koreans were injured. and bemoan the luck of old-time Their parents blame the cinema Smith, "but was built by public
did not figure prominently in for a suspension for one year of -Reuter. Surrey's defeat. The collapse
decorum u the prime factors,
The arrangements provide for subscription many years ago.
Peking, July 8. was brought about by Verity, with all intergovernmental debt and re-
paration
accounting for the wayward actions only three stops in the complete stated payments.
that British Government were
Anti-Korean feeling is running of their misguided children. The round the world flight. The first at Dacre of Gloucester made the ing their invitation to the Freew high at Changchun where the Chin-mistress of the school which the Tokyo, the second at San Francisco,
ese are organising public meetings hi biggest score of the series, though
also perceived K. S. Duleepsinhji, the Sussex for a conference in London of to violence against Koraan
marked tre terminating at reinattention to their studies and ing point; Le Bourget, Paris. skipper, made 91 in the Arst representatives of the powers sidents, The situation is con- had reprimanded them on inuings and 127 in the second, chiefly concerned. He recalled sittered grave.
occasions. General Chang Tso-hsiang has
The crisis appears to have been reached yesterday when they were discovered writing what are stated to be silly love-letters to young men of their acquaintance, and there was a atormy scene In
nature the class-room, the
uk which the four girls concerned appear to have felt keenly.
After school had broken off for tiin yesterday, the four girls
a
BRITISH FLAG TORN DOWN.
"To satisfy certain legal needs, and to allow for its administration by a private body of people, a lease was unde out in the name of cer- tain trustees, in which was inseri- ed a certain clause making it dif ferent from an ordinary leave.
"The effect of this clause was that The building cannot be used except for erlain special purposes, such asa Centre, museum, etc.
The building has fately been ad- ministered by a committee, and recently there has been a movement to incorporate this committer, giv ing it certain statutory powers, as i the present position regarding thei trusten in this particular case, is rather curious,
to
"Apparently the trust was descend to the legal descendants of the last surviving trustee. It is, of course, assumed that the original trustees are denti, and no-one knows who was the last surviving trus- ten, or any of his descendants.
to
is now proposed to incurporate the committee which was formed take over this duties of the trustees, and an Ordinance has been drafted with this end in view.
Committee's Letter.
"As to what is going to be done! with the City Hall, this is at pro
The aent under consideration. Government received a letter from 19 the committee some months saying they had heen approached by a certain cinema syndicate for the te of part of the building as cinema. Their iden was to rebuild part of the City Hall for this pur- pose.
The Government immediate-
by pointed out that such a scheme
HANKOW
CONSULATE
INVADED.
ARMY OUTRAGE.
(Our Own Correspondent.)
Shanghai, July 8.
A private wire received this morning from Hankow gives the briefest details of an autrage at the British Consulate there a few days ago.
A number of soldiers in- vaded the Consulate pre- mises, tore down the British flag from its mast and burn- ed it, then chopped to pieces
a number of trees in the Con- aular grounds.
No explanation for the out- rage is giver.
Bowes at the other end.
against Kent.
The results at a glance, together. with the principal-individual per- formances, fallow:
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.
Sussex defeated Kent by even
wickets, at Tunbridge Wells, Yorkshire heat Surrey by
2020
Innings and $5, Bradford. Lancashire beat Middlesex on first
innings, at Manchester, Somerset beat Glamorgan on first
innings at Bath. Northants last on first innings to
Gloucester, at Kettering. Leicester lost first innings to Derby.
at Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Warwick won first innings points.
v. Worcester, at Birmingham.
Friendly.
Notts v. New Zealand.-Drawn.
HONOURS LIST.
Batting,
· Dacre (Glaserster}
| Lkton - (Lanenshire)
LENA ESPIONAGE Bakewell (Northants)
TRIAL
HEAVY SENTENCES
PASSED.
K. S. Dulcepsinhji (Sussex)
nad
Leyland Yorkshire)
Ames (Kent)
Gunn G. (Notts)
Bowling.
16.5
the
Three Stops Only.
and United States Governments and agitators are Inciting them had been attending Intely the third at New York, the ven
CHIN
"KOREAT BAY,
ingy
FLOW
SEA
MILES
went
many
to Whitfield where in
pursuance of an understanding previously conceived, they linked arms and jumped into the harbour together.
Smart Rescue Work.
Their foolish nei was seen by boatpeople in the vicinity of Ah King's slipway, and a motor-bont and sumpans epceded to the spot and rescued the drowning girls.
Two were in a serious condition arrived to Interview Chang Hauch when taken out, but they recover- 137 the approach made last week to while representatives have. been vigorously applied.
Hang on the situation. Meared after artificial respiration was 134 France and United States with agent to Wanpaoshan to investigate four were taken, 127 suggestion that such conference the damage done by Koreans to ment Civil Hospital.
to the Govern should be held to assist them to an agreement.
It is understood that the case Chinese Allegations. Both Governments had expressed
will be referred to the Secretariat willingness
Chinese allege that the riots are of Chinese Affairs for investiga- to attend direct nego-in connexion with a Korean plot tion. tiation. They had left open several Important points which
01
112
101
property,
6 for 11 would need to be discussed be-chants and farmers.out of Koren.
Later, all
the start-
M. Doret. M. Le Brix. Paying a tribute to the Post- Gatty flight, which he described as the outstanding air accomplishment of all time. M. Le Brix recently stated that he had been preparing his fight for several months, and had had a special machine cou structed, under the supervision of the French Air Ministry, which was sponsoring the project.
nt
Special Machine..
clal tanks capable of taking In
The machine is fitted with spe 1,750 gallons of petrol, and a spe- cial runway has been constructed at Paris to allow the machine to lift with its heavy lund.
Thor wero scheduled
to leave Paris at four o'clock in the morning of Friday last week, but owing to unfavourable weather conditions,
the start was postponed. Other dimculties have cropped up, but it Is not anticipated that there will
6 for 28 tween the countries is one of atrocities, and allege that no FLYING MEETING be much further delay.
attempt was made by police La quell the outbreaks until hundreds
to fored the 300,000 Chinese mer-
& for 42
Rofugoes relate terrible stories
4 for 32
cerned and accordingly
the
British Government were renow- ing the former invitation. France Accepts.
the
SUCCESSOR TO DR. C. C. WU.
Verity (Yorkshire) Leipzig, July 7. [Palne (Warwick) Industrial espionage is regarded Slater (Derby) .. wan directly contrary to a clause Germany as tantamount to Bowes (Yorkshire)
(Continued from Page 4 ia the original deed of trust which high treason and conviction for was one of the essentials of the such offences brought severe sen- that they must suited Lena Spy trial which to accused persons in the nominal lenses,
56, tr refuse such an application
was yesterday concluded by "The question as to what is go-W
proceedings ing to be done with the City Hall Supreme Court after is at present under rather active in camera lasting several months. consideration, but if and when the from eight year's penal servitude committee is incorporated, they on two men to 21 months on a will obviously not be given powers Wonun. The accused included. over the building in question such two, Reichswehr soldiers. na govern ordlanry Crown lenses."
The charge was of selling to Our representative.reminded Magents of foreign nations secrets Smith of the scheme outlined by the obtained from employees of the British Film Distributing Com-Lena Chemical Works. pany in their statement to the Telegraph yesterday, in which they emphasised the great need and de-
Mr.
The sentences passed ranged
sirability of a quota system of film PILOT FAINTS AT
distribution, thus assuring British films of a fair showing in local cinema theatres.
Government and Quola:
Asked if he could state
17,000 FEET.
the
RUMANIAN FLIER'S
ESCAPE.
Government's attitude towards such
a scheme, and whether they would
be prepared to give legislative effect
Bucharest, July 7,
to the system, Mr. Smith said he A Rumanian army, airman had
MR, W. W. YEN OFFERED THE POST.
succession to Dr. C. C. WH
Minister in Washington.
as
The offer has been made through
of Chinese had been killed and in- jured,
JIA
TRAGEDY.
The Nanking Note to Tokyo de- SIX KILLED AND NINE The French Government nemanda compensation and an accepted the British Invitation for aurance againat a repetition of the a meeting in London next week of
incidents. Renata. Treasury experts, to settle the de- tails of the application of the mora- torlum.
I
LIQUID GAS LEAK AT YAUMATI. FIREMEN COPE WITH DANGER.
INJURED.
Paris, July 7,
ROUBAIX STRIKE
CURIOSITY.
MEN STILL OUT AFTER SETTLEMENT.
Roubaix, July 7. Six people were killed and nine- Although the textile strike was injured to-day at a flying mesting declared officially at on
end on at Hirson, near St. Quentin..
Saturday, after a Boven-weeks' An acroplane carrying passun-stoppago, the strikers are only. clear the heads of spectators and gora falled to rise sufficiently to slowly drifting back to work.
after mowing them down, crashed against a telegraph pole and capaiz
• Sigh of Rellef. Nanking, July 8.
The world has heaved a sigh of It is officially announced that stew, W. Yes, former Premier due to the haggling in Paris, has the Foreign Ministry has offered relief that the fortnight's surense.
now ended. and acting Foreign. Minister to
Satisfaction is expressed in Lon- the Peking Government and one
agreed to timo Minister to London, as the don that France ins
A cylinder of liquid chlorine gased. London Conference of Treasury Ex-stored at the Government depot In It la stated that the plot, who has ports to amend the Young Plan, Shanghai Stroet, which is common-been arrested, did not possess e though the British attitude is that ly known as the Yaumati Pumping pilot's certificate. the Hoover moratorium would have Station, started to leak, yesterday worked ekciently without being and immediately filed the air with tramelled
by the hypothetical, pos- poisonous fumes. sibilities of a
The Fire year bence,
Brigade and the police In this connexion, the world wore summoned to the scene, and,
changes are inclined to with the d of gan masks, the fire.... and see how the London Con- non removed all the cylinders from ference deals with the French ro- the premises, servations, and the absence of sua- Fortunately, no casualties oc-
curred. London, New York and Cotinental Block Exchanges is quite note worthy
a fatter to Mr. Yon by Mr. C. F. Wang and It is expected that it will be accepted. Reuter.
THE MARATHON.
could not speak for the Govern-nremarkable escape from death to ment, though he was of opinion that day while engaged in nititude prae- MCLEOD WRIGHT WINS tained bullish sentiment on the the Government would be sympathetice over Constanza.
tle towards the proponi provided
Flim Company's Rejoinder.
The pilot had elimbed to a height
AGAIN.
London, July 7.
the distributors could guarantee of over 17,000 feet when he faint- the necessary number of British | ad owing to the rarefied atmosphere, D. McLeod Wright, the well- Mr Snowden Determined. Aims per month.
lost control of the machine, which known Briubh long distance ruti Mr. Snowden is prepared atout- began a headlong plunge to the nor, who last Year won the ly to defend the British taxpayers ground.
| Marathon Race (26. mies) The airman, however, recovered Windsor to London by few yards 24,000,000 yearly with which the from against the additional, burden of consciousness after falling to with from the Finn, Marttelin,today French scheme would add We have no means of knowing in a thousand foot of terra firms, scored his second success in the Author 02.30 Governman var end he managed to righ Battyplano i wants cOFPRITERS IN ERE Exataran contact
The British Film Distribution
Co. writes us to-day as follows!
Fi. London, July 7. The result of the race for the Ellesmere: Stakes at Newmarket was as follows: Et. Georgo Establiefty
FOREIGN-LEGION- DESERTERS.
GERMAN STOWAWAYS REACH SCOTLAND.
The number now working la statio ed to bo only 18,500 as compared with 28,500. who are still out.—-- Reuter.
GARBAGE COOLIE
STRIKE.
MEN RESUME WORK TENTATIVELY.
(Our Own Correspondent)
July 8
Abordeon, July: 0.4
The three hundred and afty gar- The second pair of deserters bago coolles employed from the French Foreign Legion Municipality of the French Cons #the to roach: Aberdeen within a few cossion have resumed work per months are two Germans who pro- Ing. a.sattler fees to have become so desperate teen by suffering for the last ziKİYELİ
In North Africa that thày
stowaway