STARTS SUNDAY
At
The
QUEEN'S
FOR LOVE OF HER CHILD, SHE SACRIFICED
HER WHOLE LIFE! THAT WAS-
THE
A NIGER PIONEER
THE BEGINNINGS OF A PROSPEROUS TRADE
Londen, July 20, The pioneering spirit of Mac-3 Gregor Laird a hundred years ago was celebrated in London to-day by a church service and a banquet at which the chief speaker was the Prince of Wales. ___-
THE HONGKONG
REDS RETREAT
ABANDON KWANTUNG FOR FUKIEN FRONTIER
Canton, July 20.
TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY. JULY 21, 1932.
SUSPECTED MURDER. CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
BODY FOUND IN NULLAH IN TAI WAN ROAD
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
The Steamship,
"ANGKOR"
Arrived Hongkong on Tuesday, the 19th July, 1932, From MARSEILLES &c.
The Police at Kowloon are en- gaged in the inventigation of a Following the Fecovery of
case of suspected murder, follow- Nambung, Sinfong and Tayulinging the discovery of the body of Consignees of Cargo by the above the Communists from Fukion are a Chinese, asted about 35, in anamned steamer are hereby informed retreating to their former strong-nullah in Tai Wan Road, Mongkok, that their goods with the exception hoida in Fukien, malaly at Nan-about 150 yards from the China of Opium, Treasure and Valuables
singhalen and Lungyenhalen.
Light and Power Co. yesterday are being landed and placed at their
risk
In the Godowns of the Hongkong MacGregor Laird led an expedi-
Attired like labourer, Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., The newe of the Communist afternoon. tion of three vessels whose crew8
can be numbered 48 from Liverpool to withdrawal from northern Kwang- the deceased's body was in a de- Kowloon, whence deilvery Jopen up trading stations along the Lung for Fukien has been confirmed composed condition, which madel obtained as the goods ard landed
Goods not cleared within 7 days River Niger in West Africa. Only by a wireless meaenge from Gen- the work of Identification difficult.
A rope was led around the neck, including date of arrival, will be sub-
ront nine of this number survived the oral Chang Ching, olleer who com-
re-and the hands were fastened from Jeet
All claims must be sent to piece of cotton. at behind with fever and other hardships they manded the Fukien garrison
wet, due to the undersigned before the Thursday, the were called upon to bear, includ-giments before the arrival
Changchow of the Nineteenth The body was ine Laird, who two years later fit Route Army.
running water in the nullah. It 28th July, 1932, or they will not be
recognized. ted out another. expedition.-----
is believed that the man died moral -Renter's Special Service.
than a day before his body was discovered.
SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET
with
MacGregor Laird was n Scot- tish merchant and ploneer of Bri-
Helen Hayes tish trade on the Niger. He was
NEIL HAMILTON LEWIS STONE
WHEN AT HOME
Chr
Hongkong Telegraph.
MAY BE PURCHASED AT
SELFRIDGE'S
LONDON, W.J.
In
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General Chang Ching has inform ed the Provincial Government Council here of the danger of the Communist Invasion on Fuklen adding that there are also indica- Lions that after looting the Fukten towns the Communists may sweep down to Kwangtung again, this time from the East River if their march is not checked. The de- finite Poute of the Communists is not known, but it is believed that they are somewhere near Nantsing-she's haien.
MAN HUNTERS
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Continued froon Page 3.5
Susan gasped,
WAR
to
the
Damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the consignees, and the Company's Surveyor Merara: Goddard and Douglas at 10.00 a.in. on Monday,
Consignees
the
1932. 25th July, must have n Revenue Ofcer in
Com-
attendance whe
when damaged dutiable
goods and examined by the pany's Surveyors.
No
claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.
No Fire Insurance will be effected Bob said, "Don't believe herby us In any cnae whatever.
R. ORL, talking rot. There
Agent. nover anything settled."
Hongkong. 19th July, 1932. "Listen to him," Denise uttered her hand, "as if we hadn't agreed not an hour ago to an elopementi folly broke over her. She had be- Is that nice?"
tenyed her pledge to the man whose Susan had gone very white, Shering she wore. In spite of this stared at the young man, ignoring conviction of wrong Susan's heart ber tormentor. "Is that true?" was flooded with traitorous joy when she remembered that long whispered.
born at Greenock in 1808. the younger son of William Laird, the founder of the Birkenhead firm of shipbuilders of that name. 1831 Laird and other Liverpool merchanta formed a company for the commercial development of the Niger regions, the lower course of the Niger having been
known made
that Year by Richard and John Lander. In
Troop Dispositions. 1882 the company disputebed ships
Changchow messages to hand to the Niger, one the Alburkah, a
state that General Tsai Ting-kai, paddle steamer of 55 tons, de officer commanding the Nineteenth signed by Laird, being the first Route Army, has sent the Glet iron vessel to maki 111 neean-Division of his army from Chang voyage. MacGregor Lalrd went chow to Lungyenhsien to assist in
which with the expantition.
the expedition against the Com-she
Sinultonly led by Richard Lander and mum-
munist bimdits. bered 48 Europeans. Laid' went p the Nixer to the confluence of the Benue which he was the first white man to aseen. ex petition returned to Låverpool in 1824, Laird and Surgeon R.A.K. Oldfield being the only surviving? officers besides Caplain Allen R. N, who areompanied the expedi- tion by order of the Admiralty to river. Commercially survey the the expedition was unsuccessful.
How long will it take?"
—said the Bayer
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"Of course it's true," Denise in-kias. She put her hands to her P. & O. BRITISH-INDIA APCAR AND
tervened. "Everyone knows about burning checks. It had not all dren. He had really
darling
real emotion in his voire when ha had spoken to her. How couki all this be false? In her art of hearts she knew it was not, could not be.
to General Tam Kai-shnu, Nine-it. Bubby just gets brain storms beer teenth Route Army officer, direct-aw and then but he always comes clasped her, held her close, and in the recruiting of new soldiers romping home again, don't you there had stemed to be a surge of here and, asking him to proceed
After one withering look Dunbar to Changcbow with the recruits,
ignored her, turning his attention It is officially stated that
the Susall.
"Don't believe her," he Route Army will said huskily, "She's trying to Nineteenth increase the onlistment of nese sandbag me into this: God knows Somehow she managed to glide cruits in Kwangtung and Kwangsi.
why."
anonserved into the dressing room This significant decision, together
With diffealty, Susan spole, where she again assumed the pro- with the amalgamation of the
"You are ergared to her though tection of her mask. Wrapped in marines and two gunboats and one
aren't you?"
the cuneeling folds of the fur ertiser under Admiral Chan Chak
He said uncomfortably, "In alcoat she waited for Waring, After with the Nineteenth Route Army
sort of indefinite way-yes. It's what seemed ages she caught a in Fukien, will create a strong military group in Fukien after the nothing binding, nothing that can't glimpse of his feathered headdress of the Communist broken off by either of us at frough the crowd. Ilis eyes were suppression
will. She's always known that and raking the scene, evidently in bandits. The Fukien developments
arted accordingly." close
search of of
She bribed the are, therefore, worthy
"It's all too confused," Susan maid to take a message to him. observation, as the new Fukien
muttered. to have commanders are certain
"I've got to think Susan wrote that she felt faint nut. some say in political matters
Let me go, please."
and wished to go home. South-eastern China in the future. "You can't go ke this." He
Waring was all solicitude as he maile a
move toward her but
put her into the car. Reds Retreating.
Denise was too quick for him.
in
de-
her.
"I wondered what hari-happened She had his arm and was clinging to you. I hoped, perhaps, you had to it. Susan silpped through the found some of your old pals." curtains and was down the stairs. eyes twinkled shrewdly.
"Curse you! She's gone!**
"01
course she has." Denise
Canton, July 20, Miter suffering crushing teals by the Canton Government troops, Communist hordes in nor- thern Kwangtung are fast retreat- ing from Northern Kwangtung for patted her rules with compla- you think that?"
"Aren't you being rather
Bob did not answer.
He was
former
Communist
vence.
Kanehow, stronghold in southern Klangsi-undignified?"
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Why had he said that? ing reported with much detail by lying with long steps in the much, Susan wondered, did Jack
direction of those apricot coloured Waring know"
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she could have reached out and purane the bandits into Kiangsi, touched him with her hand. Ifer but ordering them to remain on only thought now was to escape the defence in northern Kwang-without being seen. The other girl's cruel words kept ringing in her ears.
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