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And gotƒ✯✯✯ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,
1932: 四让月八
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TRENGTH 24
FORT
FOR
DUNLOP
The Tiren of Rugged Strength.
"Sonth China Morning Post Bldg.” Tol, 24554.
HARBIN HURRIEDLY PREPARED FOR DEFENCE
JAPANESE ALARM
BIG ANTI-MANCHUKUO
FORCE ADVANCES
RAILWAY TOWN
LLS
BRADMAN SENSATION
MAY NOT PLAY IN TEST MATCHES
BOARD'S BAN ON JOURNALISM
Sydney, Sept. 23.
A piquant situation directly
LING REPORTS affecting the world-famous Aus-
tralian cricketer, Don Bradman, has arisen as a result of the
Harbin, Sept. 24. Japanese troops in Harbin decision of the Australian Cricket are hastily erecting defences Board of Control in adopting a round Harbin, thickly clus-resolution that players, unless tered arbed-wired entangle-solely employed in journalism, will not be allowed to write, contribute menting been put up or comment on first class matches yester and this morning. during the 1932-3 season.
Bradman is only partly occupied Partily strong defensive position have been constructed in journalism, being employed in and -round Newtown which jolatly in journalism and broad- Budden military activity is accusting and other work under a cepted as confirming somewhat valuable two-year contract which startling stories of the rapid ad- vance of anti-Manchukuo forces against Harbin.
began last February.
Bradman is prepared loyally to adhere to his contract even at the cost of giving up cricket.
"If the Board has said the last The Japanese military command; declines to confirm by statement word I will not be available for I have signed a the reports in circulation, but Test Matches.
to write newspaper Chinese sources have it that large contract
now articles and Intend to carry it anti-Manchukuo forces are closing in upoh Harlu and that out."-Reuter
Inrge-scale endeavour to ‹ cap. · ture the city is Imminent.
WITHIN SEVEN MILES.
It la stated that a large body of: the "Volunteers" have already adi vaneed to within seren miles of the north of Harbin.
The Russian newspapers con- tain details of further assaults with Harbin as their final objec- The Man. tive to the south-west. chukuo garrison at Shwangeheng hsiang, near Shwangehengfu hits been defeated in a heavy battle and the town occupied.
SHWANGCHENG BESIEGED.
Three thousand anti-Manchukuo troops have new surrounded and attacking Shiwangchongpu, which is expected to fall at any timo now.
are
Shwangchengpu is an important centre on the Changchun-Harbin Hallway, about fifty miles to the!. south of Harbin.-Reuter.
NANKING TRAIN FERRY
NEWCASTLE LAUNCH NEXT MONTH
(Special to "Telegraph")
:
FLIGHT ACROSS
PACIFIC
JAPANESE AIRMEN TAKE OFF
THE PAWLEY-CORKRAN OUTRAGE. Our pictura show Mri. Pawley, youthful victim of bandits in Manchuria, whose whera- abouts were yesterday reported to have been traced, though à close guard is being maintained. A ransom of $250,000 is being demanded. Photo on left shows Mrs. Pawley riding her favourite pony.. It was when riding this animal that she was kidnapped. Photo on right was taken at Repulse Bay about two years ago. Mrs. Pawloy was
married only six weeks before her capture."
COTTON STRIKE
Wages Issue Settled
Only One Point Now Outstanding
COITICA
TELEPHONE
TO: SHANGHAI
POSSIBLE IN THE
BIG NAVAL BATTLES RECALLED
ADMIRAL LUCE'S DEATH
(Telegraph Special.)
London, Sept. 23.
11TH-HOUR EIGHT MILES UP
SHOCK
INDIA AGREEMENT HOPED DAMPED
GANDHI GROWING
WEAKER
Poona, Sept. 23.
IN AEROPLANE
CAPT. UWINS' RECORD
CONFIRMED BY AERO CLUB
record.
London, Sept. 28.
The impression which had grown that the conclusion of an
The Royal Aero Club have A famous naval battle of electoral agreement between the
Caste Hindus and the Depressed confirmed the claim of the Bri- the Great War is recalled by Classes had reached the stage of tish airman, Captain Cyril the death of Admiral John mere formality has proved start- Uwins, to the world's altitude Luce, who was a Captain in lingly incorrect.
A definite hitch has deve- command of H.M.S. Glas-
Last week, Uwins, who is the toped and the negotiations have chef test pilot to the Bristol Aero- gow. at the Battle of not yielded the expected agreement, plane Company reached a height Coronel.
nor any important progress. The of 13,976 feel, well over eight H.M.S. Glasgow was one of the leaders of the parties to the miles which exceeds the previous three armoured cruisers under the negotiations announce that they are world record, held by the United command of Admirni Craddock, unable to begin drafting.
States by nearly 800 feet. Meanwhile, Gandhi's fast con- which found themselves caught in tinues. Hia
voice is becoming The machine used for the at- a trap by Admiral von Spec's weaker and he is suffering from tempt was five years old and, bes more powerful squadron.
nausea and giddiness, Anding it fore being brought home from The Glasgow's two sister-ships difleuft to keep his eyes open. At China and reconditioned, lay in were sunk after a bitter but the time of cabling, he has pre-flood waters. for a considerable equal contest, but the Admiral Live served the nat for 82 hours.-time in the Nanking Aerodrome. managed the Glasgow so skilfully that the cruiser escapped.
VON SPEE'S FATE.
Reuter.
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.'
A Bristol Pegasus engine was chosen for the attempt and Uwins
Although there has recently believed he could have flown oven Captain Luce, as he then was, been a slight deterioration in the higher had fiot the petrol supply Inter joined Admiral Sturdee's Indian civil disobedienco situation been exhausted. squadron, which was specially in Bengal and the United Provin Two sealed barographs placed in
sent out to track down Adialral cos, a general improvement occur- his machine before the ascent by von Spee, and IMS, Glasgow fred during August and the total the Royal Aero Club were after- helped to sink all but one of number of convictions, 3,040 inwards handed to the National Admiral you Spee's squadron off cluding 73 women, was consider. Physical Laboratory for examina- the Falkland fales a few weeks ably less than in July.
tion. Jater.
Convictions since the beginning He wore elcetrically heated of the movement on January 4th clothes and oxygen-apparatus and
WAR DECORATIONS.
For his services in the
British Wielran.
NEAR FUTURE
Telephonic communication be HOPES OF EARLY tween Hongkong jid Shanghai
have totalled 58,774 and the flow through over ZI hundred War, ber undergoing imprisonment at degrees of frost. PEACE
may be possible ti the near Admiral Luce received the CB the end of August was 21,422. in- future.
decoration, and was also awarded, chuting 883 women, a decline of Captain Uwins, who sustain- London, Sept. 23. The plan is being actively sup-the 3rd Class of the Order of the 3810 on the previous month.ed-a-dislocated neck through " War crash, basin recent ported in Chinese vircles and it Rising Sun by Japan: Strikingly better news
years done much experimental Mr. Tokyo, Sept. 24.
Wong He was Admiral Superintendent
work from Manchester where negotias uerslood that
in developing aircraft The Hochi Trans-Pacific plane, tions for the termination of the Kwon-tin, chairman of the Hong at Malta Dockyard from 1921 to
jand
engines. manned by Pilet Baba, Navigator weaver's strike in the Lancashire Kong Chinese Chamber of Com- 1924, and was placed on the retired
Ja been interviewine list in 1925. In 1930-31, he was ATHLETICS ASSURED OF to-day the guest of honour Homma and a radio operator named cotton industry have been
luncheon given at CHI£ton Acro- Inashita, hopped off to-day from sumed.
reofficials of the Hongkang Tele- High Sheriff of Wiltshire-Reater.
drome.-British Wireless. SECOND PLACE [Samushiro,
Iphone Company exchanging views. It is reported in the vernacular
Paul Waner's National
merce.
The start was made at 5.35 a.m.i There is every hope now that a
press that the result of the inter- also costs a reasonable yearly sum and the airmen hope to cross the complete agreement will shortly view will be submitted to the to operate, whilst of recent years Pacific to San Francisco by the be reached, the employers having Executive Committee of the the "Kausing", Hongkong's ono northern route in three hops. modified their
Renter.
PRINCE BUSY IN DENMARK
GOLF AND OFFICIAL DINNER
demands.
reduction Chinese Chamber. wage
CORRESPONDENCE.
Budget Criticism.
factory solution of the still pend-
Governor.
also and only rescue vessel, has boen used for governmental plea- sure excursions.
of of
League Record
!
their
WHE
PEAK BURGLARS ACTIVE
one of the rooms,
clock was lying on the floor of Apparently nothing was stolen,
New York, Sept. 23. After eight days of negotiations,
In view of the public clamour at
Philadelphia Athletics clinched ANOTHER ATTEMPT during which, on several ot
the manner in which the cost
second place in the American Lea- running the Crown Colony
LAST NIGHT casions, it had seemed likely that
recent Hue to-day when they defeated Hongkong has grown in a complete rupture" would occur, i
Burglars are apparently still ac years, and the general feeling that Washington 804. Haas and Sim- a settlement of the wages question
tive on The Peak, economies in all directions should mons hit home runs for the Athle
an attempt was reached to-day on the basla
be the rule and not the exception, ties and Kuhol for the Senators.
early Pittsburgh lost to St. Louis, for having been made in the of a reduction equivalent to 13,
[To the Editor, Hongkong I shall be very much interested whom Reese hit a home run, but hours of this morning at the re-
Telegraph.]
indeed to observe the reactions of the feature of the game was the sidence of Mr. A. Ritchie, at No. d. in the El as against the
the thinking public of Hongkong at London, Sept. 23. foriginal demand of 2/9 in the $1.
It appears that at about one. Sir-I notice in your issue of this recent attempt to waste the hitting by Paul Waner of his 61st 528.
double, thus creating a National
o'clock this morning, Mrs. Ritchio The Prince of Wales, who will
CLEANING SLATE.
to-day an item in the Colony's Colony's money.
Lengue record. to-morrow perform the opening |
Budget for 193a of $50,000, this be- Not so very long ago when
Brown of the Yankees blanked heard a noise downstairs, and, of ceremony at the British Trade A sub-committee of representa ing the amount required for the item was included in the budget
found that one of the verandah Exhibition in Copenhagen, played tives of both sides are now meet-erection of a "summer bungalow of the Straits Government for an Boston and Whitehill of Detroit investigations being made, It was a round of wolf this afternoon on ing with a view to finding a satis at Fanling for his Excellency the ocean-going yacht for the Gover-blanked St. Louis, in a game doors had been broken opon, and a course near the capitali
nor of that territory, Sir Cecil which the Tigers scored twolve As there are occasions, when I Clementi, there was such a hullaba runs, having previously captured To-night he attended a banqueting question of the reinstatement fail to find opportunity of reading loo made over it that the suggestion the first game of the double-hea- which members of the Danish the first strikers.
the daily Hongkong papers, before was quickly suppressed, and nothing der. Schuble hit for the circuit It is stated that the sub-com- I go any further, I would preface further heard of the proposal. I in the first game, and Campbell's which suggests that the intruder got away without being seen. The mitted will continue its discus.my remarks by neking whether the feel that in a certain measure the similar clout for St. Louis scored must have been disturbed and sions until late at night, if ne- decision to build this country public of Hongkong should also one ahead of him.
Vasmik hit a homer for Cleve-police have the incident under in- house (it would be ridiculous to register its disapproval of the
vestigation. cessary, in the hope of reaching refer to it as a "bungalow in item in question.
land, who made 18 runs from a an agreement and so "cleaning view of the cost) is the result of the slate."
$50,000 to a Colony which similar number of hits, but made the intentions of His Excellency only just emerging from one of large number of folding mis- SETTLEMENT A general resumption of work the Governor to close down his the most critical periods in its on Monday next is, however, con- Peak summer residence "Mountain history is a lot of money, and could sidered most unlikely. It is pro- Lodge. If this is not the case, be placed to much better use than bable that the employers will ex- then the Item mentioned is a very suggested. With this sum,
barracks, where homeless waifs poct to call a meeting on Tuesday surprising one to me
Surely Its in order to ratify the agreement
Excellency has and strays who at prosent litter reached with the operatives by ample living accomodations al- the pavements at night, could be their representatives/Router. ready provided for him by the built, and where these unfortunates Colony Firstly there is his could at least receive warmth and MILLS TO WAIT.
winter palatial permanent mansion, which shelter during the bleak
given, by the. British. Legation, at
stars were also present.-British
London, Sept. 23.
Royal Family and Cabinet Minie- A powerful train-ferry, which cost over £70,000 to build, is to be Wireless. launched at Newcastle on October 12th next by Mrs. Quo Tal-chi,
wife of the Chincue Minister in BUS DISPUTE
London.
The train-forry has boon built for the Chinese Government through the Chinese Purchasing Commission and is intended for use at Nanking.
be named Tho Vessel will "Changkiang" and will proceed to Nanking under her own steam.- Router.
GERMAN AIRMAN
COMING
DUE IN HONGKONG TO-MORROW
We are informed by Dr. Hahn, the Consul-General for Germany, that the German airman, Von Cronau, who is on a world flying: tour, la expected to arrive at the
AGREEMENT. SIGNED IN LONDON
E
London, Sept. 23. Representaves of the Under, ground group and ófficials of the men's Union to-day signed an The cotton dispute is now rele, also his Headquarters, namely months which are shortly approach- agreement embodying the terms of garded as virtually ended although Government House, addition ing. Thie, in my opinion, would settlement of the London omnibus the question of the reinstatement to this ho has a bonutiful summer be one of a number of far more dispute.-British Wireless.
of those employees who left work residence on the Penk, where it practical ways of using "surplus" has been the custom for many public money (if there is such a is still outstanding.
yoars for successive Governors to thing nowadays), than building The agreemont to-day was recuperato from the worries of "summer bangalowa" for Govorn ranched Between representatives office, should these prove too much ment officials, even if the official of employers and employees, with for them, and which I would have happens to be His Excellency, the the assistance of a Ministry of thought would have amply com- Governor.
SIR JOHN SIMON IN GENEVA
TALK WITH NOTED
STATESMEN
London, Sopt, 23.
pensated them for the adverse As the executive of a moderate- Labour official, Mr. Leggett,limatic conditions of Hongkong sized business undertaking, I Toply The wages agreement approved After all there are thousanda of know very wall what my and confirmed at the joint con-Europeans living on the lower would be to a proposal to spend my ference Involves reduction of levels, who cannot even afford to firm's money unnerssarily, and I about.8% per cont, of the earrings change their small flats for do not see any difference in the week or two at Repuls Bay Hotel principles underlying the case In of the general body of workers,
for other summar Resorts. S
point. SEM VAR In order
| Agut com then", br. nstablish- Enclosing my card, and thanking axcellent la provided you for permitting me to taka up
Colony) Mokom sin your valued columne
At Geneva to-day the British order to prevent disorgan Kat Tack Aerodrome to-morrow at Foreign Secretary Sir John
Simon had conversations with M. tion from Individual, aution.
The kirman reached Shanghai Paul Boncour and afterwards with plovers have linued-öreslin re- TSCE
takes.
Results:
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
St. Louis....... 8 8: 2 Pittsburgh
40.00 1440
4 .10 AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Boston Now York
00 #
7
1
22
Cleveland
18
Chicago
$
11 1
Detroit
0
0
St. Louis
2
4
10
B
1
B 11
4. 11
1
80 43
580
556
Detroit St. Louin
Philadelphin Washington
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chiengo Pittsburgh Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston
St. Louis New York Cincinnati
84. 67
80 72 .520 613 -177 -70 76 .500 71 80 470 09 81.400 .386
AMERICAN LEAGUE, New York Philadelphia Washington Clev
057
HONGKONG DOLLAR
WEAKER
IN SYMPATHY WITH SILVER
The Hongkong dollar declined. 1/8th this morning to 18. 3.7/8d, The local market is vory quiet,
with the undertone easy.
London, silver
In
dropped 5/16ths, the fall being chiefly due to absence of support. China and ́ the Continent gold. After the official fixing, the market ruled
1
very quiet,
Now York reports silver, down 8/8th, with the market. easy The cross-rate is 8.46%.
FATAL LANDSLIDE.
During work at the Foo Quarry, Talkoktaul, yest about a ton of earth and [bemame::accidentally
and eld
distoč