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NAVAL BATTLE ACROSS MACAO INNER HARBOUR
SHING MUN ATTACK ON REBEL
GORGE
PROJECT
3,000,000,000 ̃GALS. CAPACITY
DAM TO BE 200
FEET HIGH
The Shing Mun Valley Gorge Dam, authority for construction of which has, at long last, been given by the Secretary of State, will pro- vide the Colony with the big- gest capacity reservoir cast of India.
The reservoir will have storage capacity of over 3,000, 000,000 gallons, which is almost, it not quite, as great as all the other reservoirs together.
of
The great dam will rise to a height of 200 feet arross the Shing! Man Gurge, in the vicinity Pineapple Pass, and will take five construct, at a cost of Veurs lo several million dollars,
The original scheme has ap parently been varied to some ex- tent since Mr. Henderson's pro-| Jeet was first placed before Government, but the full details are to be explained at the next meeting of the Legislative Coun- ril when provision for the! necessary funds will be sought.
ENGINEERING FEAT.
At the inst meeting of Council, it was indicated that the construc- tion of the dam, storing water to a depth of 200 feet, fell into the cate gory of the world's largest engineer. log problems.
Construction work on the general Shing Mun scheme commenced as for buck as 1923, and it was then estimated that the total cost would be about $17,000,000, -
WARSHIPS
BRISK FIGHT BETWEEN SHIPS AND SHORE
HEAVY MACHINE-GUN AND SHELL-FIRE
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).
MACAO, JUNE 17.
A SPECTACULAR BATTLE BETWEEN LAND
AND NAVAL FORCES WAS STAGED IN THE INNER HARBOUR OF MACAO SHORTLY AFTER EIGHT O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, WHEN TROOPS ACTING UNDER THE ORDERS OF GENERAL WARSHIPS ATTACKED CHAI-TONG, CHAN LOYAL TO ADMIRAL CHAN CHAK.
The Cantonese forces had apparently crossed from the Cheungshan District to Lappa Island and had taken up their positions for the projected engagement under the cover of night. They appear to have been lightly entrenched on the side facing the Inner Harbour, and
open orders were given for them to about 8.15 a.m.
fire at
A remarkable picture taken Tuesday when as the result of the terrific downpour, 2,48 inches in an hour, Queen's Road East depth of a foot. was flooded to
The sudden crackle of machine-gun fire, later CHANCE OF A followed by the heavy detonation of field guns, caused a sensation and momentary alarm in Macao, where some of the Chinese members of the community were in a state of panic for some time.
GUNBOATS TAKE REFUGE IN FLIGHT
There was a rush to the Inner join the remainder of the Canten The gravity section of the scheme, it may be stated, is esti- Harbour where the battle was in Fleet which is centred upon Hai- mated to give an average supply of progress, and thousands watched nan. approximately eleven million gal- the encounter in spite of the not known inconsiderable danger to people on
That side of Macho.
lons a day period.
in the driest
NINE DAMS.
LIFETIME
EARNEST PLEA BY MR. BALDWIN
OPPORTUNITY OF OTTAWA
The
London, June 17,
HOOVER GLOOM YEAR
RE-NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENCY
1.
BUT
DISASTER FEARED
Chicago, June 16. The Republican Convention Mr. to-day re-nominated Herbert Hoover Presidency.
for the
Several anti-Hoover movements manifested themselves, but gra- dually faded out, his control of the party machinery being such that none of the dissenters could drag any important section of the vote away from him.
now
Nevertheless, it, is recognised) that President Hoover is facing the most unpromising task! of his political career.
The Democrats have a work- ing majority in the House of Representatives, and politica), precedent and tradition in the United States are that when the party in power loses the House, it loses the next presidential election,
Furthermore, the presidential jelection comes in the midst of thei inf worst economic depression world's history, hitting the United States particularly hard.
REPUBLICAN HOPES AND
FEARS.
Damo-1
то
President Hoover, who has been ominated by the Republicans, snapped while walking with his BAYO A.D.C.
MISSION
WORKER'S
PLIGHT
$7,000,000 RANSOM
DEMAND
(Special to "Telegraph")
Shanghai, June 17. The complete destruction of Government authority in Central China is made mani- fest by the indignities heaped upon the Rev, H. S. Fergu- son, who was captured by Communists in North Anhui last month.
The result is that the crats enter upon the contest, more! sanguine than they have been
A special despatch to the for the last twenty years and the-
Bo North China Daily News states that Republicans have never been despondent. Never has there the captive misslunary has been been such an approach to un-paraded in public from village fair animity in a forecast that a to village fair, held up for ex- President would be voted out of hibition, charges being made for
admission. office.
The Republican hope for Finally, it is learned, he has business revival or serious Demo-been taken to the Red stronghold cratic mistakes.
at Kwangshan, at the south-east- But Hoover's loss of popularity. ern corner of Honan. his political ineptitude
3
and
hesitancy and his failure to make.
a more convincing impression as
the Rev. Ferguson, Including.
A ransom of $7,000,000 Twelve aeroplanes, and
CHALLENGE
ΤΟ
VON PAPEN
SOUTHERN STATES REFUSE TO OBEY NAZI DECREE
Berlin, June 16.
The Grand Duchy of Baden, in the south-west corner of the Reich, between Alsace-Lorraine and Wurtemberg, scene
of famous watering-places and tho towns of Karlsruhe, Constance, Mannheim and Freiburg, and
Bavaria, the second State of the Empire, as big as Scotland, containing a large proportion of Catholic residents, as well as Munich. Herr Hitler's hend- tunrlers,
have definitely challenged the authority of the Government of the Reich in the matter of the new decree authorising the or- ganisation of "private political armies."
Both Baden and Buvarla havo declared that they do not intend to obey the Hindenburg decree per- mitting the Nazis to wear uniform. CLASH MATERIALISES. It is
inferred thus
that between the clash
the Central Government and the southern States of the Reich has materialis- ed, as Herr von Pagen la adamant that all States must obey the order from the Central Government.
The next step in the situation rests with Herr von Papen and his decision will be vital to the future of Germany. He may elect to en- deavour to establish n Junker Dictatorship as the only means of holding together the States of the Rolch, the Republic now being threatened with a disruption into component States.-Reuter.
LATE SIR DONALD MACLEAN
MOVING TRIBUTE BY MR. BALDWIN
London, June 16.
were addressed in the House of Education, Sir Donald Maclenn, Commons to-day from all parts of the House,
Sir
Mr. Baldwin described Donald as "a great personality— one of the men who are the very salt and savour of our public life.”
He added: "When these great.
EXTRAVAGant demANDS. According to Chinese reports, Moving tributes to the per-... Ad- It will be recalled that
most important pro-a loader in the time of distress the Communists are making extra-sonality of the Inst Minister for miral Chan Chak recently reject- cd General Chan Chai-tong's nouncement hitherto made re-have contributed to his predien-vagant demands for the release of offer to contribute $400,000 to garding the scope of the Ottawa meut.
His measures to combat the the expenses of a tour abroad Conference was delivered by Mr. WARSHIPS SURPRISED.
situation, however wise and
A large quantity of machine- and to appoint the commander Baldwin in the course of an of the Chungshan as the new hour's earnest speech in the profound they may be, have
gun and ammunition. The warships seemed to be taken
Iniled to catch the popular In all, the second section of the
Commander of the Nitvy.
During one of the "exhibitions", scheme originally
involved the completely by surprise by the at
which House of Commons late last
imagination. Faith in them re The fight this morning
quires immediate results, or an the Rev. Ferguson was made to building of nine dams as well the tack and it was some moments be-
over an hour and alight. construction of various catchwaters, fore sufficient order was effected 10 lasted for
abiding faith in Hoover's in-stand on a platform for all The agenda was tremendous, At 8.30 am, the quarter was extremely brisk. The
fallibility, the latter being cer- stare at, but he made the beat of Parliamentary figures are taken These catchwaters will run along reply to the fire.
It
the orension by preaching. the whole southern face of Taimo-i warships began shelling the poi-light of the warships is thought and there was hardly a subject
that the casualties not included, he declared.
tainly Incking. shan and discharge through Pine-tions of the troops with their full to indicate
unpleasantly might take three years to accom- were
Although hero-worship remains apple Pass into the Shing Man broadsides and a heavy rain of tire aboard
plish the great task, but they Gorge reservoir.
hoped to make a promising start an American national pastime. at Ottawa by concentrating. in and the presidency commanda the first place, on whatever sub-tremendous respect, one observes
popular warmth ject would have the most direct no jeffect on a trade revival.
came suL
In the latter part of last year, re- presentatives of the well-known English firm, Sir Alexander Binne, Son and Deacon
from Home and carried out exhaustive vestigations, as a result of which it, was established that the scheme was technically souml,
CIVIL WAR IN CHILE
Presidential Palace Captured
Buenos Aires, June 16.
poured upon Lappa innd.
The greater accuracy of the troops, however, began to tell its tale, and round about 9.30 a.m. the warships were seen to weigh anchors and to make for the open sen, firing their parting
numerous.
LONDON
shots as they ran helter-skelter FIRE DRAMA
before a furious hall of machine- gun bullets.
were
The lavier field guns employed Hey Chan Chai-tong's troops
fired only intermittently, and as far could be observed none of their Cour shells found a billet on the Chan Chak warships concerned in the engagement.
DECKS SWEPT.
The soldiers
were, however, equipped with numerous machine- guns and they swept the decks of all
OUTBREAK IN HUGE INSURANCE CO. OFFICES
London, June 16.
In Holborn to-day, great crowds watched a strong force of firemen engaged from the tops of water towers and escapes, in sub- duing an outbreak of fire at the buge offices of the Pru- dential Assurance Company.
A large part of the office staff of 4,000 were fetched out of the
Hoover.
towards
OFFICIAL SHOT.
to
It will be recalled that Mr.
Consulate, who was sent to make! Graham, an official of the British an effort to secure the release of Mr. Ferguson, was shot by soldiers or Reds from the banks when travelling down the Hwal River.
was directing Mr. Ferguson
relief and had been
BEST CHANCE. The distress and disaster)
Mr. Hoover's best hope is that which had followed efforts to exclude other countries' goods his measures will bear or seem and to live in a state of isola-to bear fruit. If the country famine tion were seen by the example once he convinced that it is per-marked man as the result of the of the present condition of the ceptibly going uphill again, all is large sums of money he had been! likely to be forgiven forthwith distributing. The impression got United States.
and Hoover may again shine, as a about that he was a wealthy man While the Empire was free from national hero, a physician for instead of a veteran member of China Inland Mission.--- the most damaging forms of trade economic ills who brought the the
Reuter. restrictions, there had been a patient through a bad crisis.
He has taken the only possible marked tendency in recent year
tu heighten the barriers in the step in the circumstances by
from us, one does not look back so much on the externals of the man but to his influence. In Donald Maclean I see a soul as clean as
wns born".- Tiree, where he the west wind that blows over
British Wireless.
TRADE TREATIES ABROGATED
CANADA'S ACTION
Paris, June 17. Canada, like Britain, le delaying the undertaking of new foreign trade treaties until after the Ottawa Conference.
Full tariff scales are now to be
Dominions both against cach abandoning his formerly "Bune THE MANCHURIA automatically applied reciprocally
other and against Britain.
Dry" attitude.
of The inck funds in the TOO FAR AND TOO FAST?'
Republican Party is one of the of the times, alarming We should, Baid Mr. Baldwin, signa
ask the statesmen at Ottawa to evidence of a lack of interest in! consider whether, in their own their fate.-Reuter and N.E..A. Interest as well un ours, they
WAR
MA CHAN SHAN ON THE MARCH
.
In France and Canada against each other's goods in consequence of n breakdown of acgotiation for a tem- porary agreement to replace the 1022 Trade Treaty, which Canada has abrogated.
A dramatic message from Sants-the gunbonts, which were at ago de Chile states that a counter-times well within range of the
Ottawa's abrogation of the Trenty THE VICE-PRESIDENCY.
also automatically applies to the revolutionary movement in Chile, Lappa Shore until they had cleared
The Convention closed amid up- directed by General Sainz, has led the entrance to the Inner Harbour.
in industrial too fast
Two Chinese were killed and commercial Agreements with fifteen were roarious scenes after re-nominat- to the capture of the Presidential The miracle of the engagement is building within two minutes of the might not have gone a little too
development, because wo Palace, the seat of the Revolution-that, as far as can be gathered, the alarm. ary Government.-Reuter,
fire of the troops
The fire originated in a part of unable to buy what we should like ing Mr. Charles Curtis for the Vice- ten others, including two Russians, other countries In South America, enough to leave Macus untouched, the building undergoing recon-without exporting to them suf- Presidency-Router's Special Ser-were wounded when a body of two Europe and Asia.~Router, though the fighting was perilously struction. Practically all docu-ficient goode to pay therefor.
H.M.S. PETEREL MISHAP
WEEKS AGROUND IN
YANGTSZE
Hankow, June 17.
of
accurate Was
far and
Ottawa would be a genern) objective towards freer trade.
ments were saved and no-one was The Government's policy at close.
Only slight damage wag Only a short distance separates hurt.
to from done
the building-British Mueno the
town
war-Wircicas. Lappa Island and the four Tabĺps were at anchor near Tong
Ka Wan.
+
TOWN OCCUPIED.
During the absence of Mr. R. M. Dyer, who to-day left on Home leave, Mr. E. Cock will act as Chief Manager After the naval battle, three of the Hongkong and Whampoa Doek
Co., Lt. Chai-tong's thousand of Chan
vice.
Harbin, June 16.
hundred irregular troops raided
.
on the Chinese Eastern Railway
and tooted Chengkantau, a station U.S. BASEBALL
or reciprocal Free Trade within SHENGKING OFF about thirteen mlies to the east of
the Empire, or the nearest prac tical approach thereto,
NOW BEING TOWED TO WEIHAIWEI
Shanghai, Juno 17.
Harbin.
According to Japanose reports, General Ma Chan-shan is now!
YANKEES AGAIN IN WINNING STRIDE
National League
15 Chicago
Cincinnati
Now York, June 10. marching south from the Paichuan
Results of baseball games played to- District, at the head of a large; KEYNOTE OF POLICY.
and
the day follow: army,
consequently, The keynote of the British
"Puppet" Governor of Heilung- attitude was the Import Duties
klang, General Cheng Chih-yuan, New York With her bows battered, H.M.S. troops occupied the town of Tong
Mr. Eugene Chen, who has been Act, which was designed to load up
The Butterfold and Swire 8.8. has ordered the Manchukuo force Brooklyn a possibility either as to Ottawa. Had the Government Peterel arrived in Hankow Jast oven-Ka.
mentioned a to
learned that ing under her own power from the It is, of course, impossible Upper Yangtaze where she had been ascertain the extent of the casuni-China's next Foreign Minister, or as considered British Interests alone, Shengking, which wont ashore on in the Wankuci District to check Philadelphia
Ambassador to Moscow, arrived in the the duties imposed by the Act Chiming Island on Sunday night, his advanco, aground for more than three weeks, ties suffered by the rival forces.
It is believed that the Chan Chak Colony from the North to-day by the would have been framed different has been pulled off the rocks and
P. and O. liner Naldera. He is tv. Moreover, the Act gave the is now being towed to Wolhatwel, Japanese troops occupied Tungpell Detroit ing tôi sungin shortly in order to gunBURU effect repairs.Renter.
It has just been on Tuesday evening-Reuter,
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