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FOUNDED 1881
No. 1494'
CĦQ WE+AERÆF THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1933. 日一廿月五閏
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MACAO POLICE IN BRUSH WITH ARMED PIRATES
AN END TO CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
Regarded Virtually Certain
Poona, July 12. Civil disobedience will probably be withdrawn to-
morrow.
the
The majority of speakers at to-day's meet- ing of Congress advocated the abandonment of the. campaign rather than its suspension in order to reap the full benefit of the Government's reaction.- Reuter.
SPIRIT EXPLOSION
YOUTH SEVERELY INJURED
·BADLY BURNED
OFFICER
SHOT DOWN
MACAO-SHEKKI TOW INCIDENT
(Our Own Correspondent).
fly Telegraph, Copyright, Mengen Ordinamer, 18OL. 13, 4.1 p.m.)
Telegraphic Received, July
Macao, July 13:
A sharp brush occurred to-day between the Macao water police and a gang of armed pirates.
One of the members of the police contingent was wounded in the course of an exchange of
shots.
The pirates were aboard the Infor- Macao-Shekki towboat. mation to this effect reached the police and an eTort was made to capture the gang. It was while the pirates were endeavouring| to escape, that the shooting oe-
curred.
An explosion in a drum of spirits in a housepainter's shop at No. 20, Staunton St. this "afternoon at about 12.45, caused tails are available. severe injuries to Leung Sin,
At the moment, no further de
aged 16, an apprentice.
The spirits were for varnishing To Foster
purposes, and five gallons were in
a drum which was being handled
by the apprentice when, for some or other, an explosion
reason occurred.
The 'lad's clothes were set on fire, and by the time the flames were smothered with the use of
British Trade
Wcks, he had been badly burned MR. PELHAM APPOINTED
all over the body.
He had been carried to n cock- loft when some person using the Staunton Street fire alarm box. sent through ncnll-to-the-Fire Brigade.
FIRE ENGINES SENT. Two engines were brought intol the street, and some delay ensued!
before the shop was located and the
nature of the call explained.
TO HONGKONG
(Our Own Correspondent).
[By Trlegraph, Copyright. Mensagra Ordinance. 1874. 12, 3 .m.)
The Nanking warship, Yat Sen, snapped as she passed under the stern
of a Macao steamer about nine miles from Macao.
NEW G.C.H. SITE
TEN ACRES BELOW HIGH WEST
IN POKFULAM DISTRICT
IFERENSVITAMIINIONS DENTALITA
RUSSIA WARNED
HEAVY HONGKONG TRADE
LOSSES
BADLY HIT BY NEW DUTIES
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
TO LONDON
PROHIBITIVE TARIFFS
The seriously damaging effect]
BY MANCHUKUO upon Hongkong's trade of the
RECENT STEAMER
INCIDENT
Harbin, July 13.
recent abarp. increases in Chinese tariff schedule is causing! much concern among business men both in Hongkong and at Home.
The British textile industry is Mr. Shih Lui-pen, the representa-particularly heavily hit. It was, tive of the Foreign Ministry. In ain fact, stated this morning that |statement to the press, said that the tariff increase has made the About ten acres of ground necessary, Manchukuo will secure practically impossible.
irrespective of what measures are export from this Colony to China of woollen and cotton goods, are now being prepared on the lower slopes of High West near
the release of the ten emigres Sassoon Road, at a height of detained by the Soviet from the about 500 feet above sea level, 8.5. Tuggsang-Reuter. for the new Government Civil Hospital.
The site chosen is an admirable AIR ARMADA
one and commands an uninter- rupted view to the south, south- west, south-east and to the north through the gap. The hospital, when completed, will be in the
with of the south west monsoon winds in the summer months, and this will be a great asset, a decid-| ed improvement on conditions atį the existing Hospital.
FIVE HUNDRED BEDS.
sent a Vive-Consul attached to the ing south and north.
There will
OVER
The price, with the duties added thereto, has become prohibitive for] consumers in Chinese territory, the more so as trade' prior to the in- ercase duties was already very difficult on
account of the diminishing purchasing power of
PETERSEN WINS ON BUS MOUNT
A FOUL
Savage Bout With Doyle, at White City
Jack Petersen won the British heavyweight title at the White City last night, Doyle, the Irish champion, being disqualified for a foul in the second round..
The men fought like savages, largely as a result of Doyle's tactics. He attacked furiously in an attempt to obtain a quick knock-out and struck Three times he Details
wildly.
fouled Petersen.
in Page Eight.
SPECTACULAR
FIRE IN LONDON
FLAMES 100-FEET
HIGH
-MASSED: FIRE BRIGADES
London
London, July 12, witnessed one of its
PAVEMENT
CHINESE
GIRLS
CRUSHED
TRAGIC AFFAIR IN POKFULAM ROAD:
A seventeen-year-old girl name Hut Yuk-chan is dead and anothe Hui Wan-lan, aged 18, is lyin seriously injured in the Govern ment Civil Hospital, as the resu of being trapped between a moto bus and the front of a shop i Pokfulam Road yesterday afte
noon.
Ng Kam-chuen, the driver: the bus, a vehicle of the Chin Motor Bus Co, in his report to th Police stated that at
1.65. p. when driving bus No. 490 dow Pokfulam Road, It skidded and f so doing mounted the footpath.
The two girls who were walkin together on the footpath, wer caught between the heavy vehicl and some stalls in front of a shop The girls suffered severe injurie while the wooden stalls wer smashed. The shop window, ala sustained damage.
The injured girls wer picked up and rushed to the Gov ernment Civil Hospital. The elde succumbed from her injurie shortly after 5 p.m.
the Chinese consumer and the un-most spectacular fires for some favourable exchange rates between time past to-day, when an out- Chinese silver coins and the Hong-break occurred at the chemical BOMBING PLANE
works of Messrs. Forbes Abbotti
· LOST OFF CAVITI
kong dollar.
It is interesting to note that and Lennard. INkong last year were valued
the imports of textiles into Hong- Within a very short time, the) at building was a mass of flames from $41,000,000, making up half Hong- kong's imports from the United | Kingdom.
SIXTEEN LAND
LABRADOR
ARRIVE IN TWOS AND THREES
MAY BE LOST.
and to end, the highly inflammable PILOT AND FOUR MEN materials inside causing great
SWIM ASHORE bursts of-flames-shooting-high into the air.
Manila, July 11 The works of Forbes Abbott and Lieutenant David R. Gibbs, Ai Telegraphia The new building will have ac- Received July commodation for 500 beds eompar-
Except for such consignments as Lonnard are at Bow and sixty-five Corps, and four enlisted men from are sold locally, a large part of this fire engines from all parts of Lon- Nichols Field narrowly escaped London, July 12. ed with 250 beds in the present
New York, July 12. It is officially announced that hospital and will take the shape. The Italian air armada has: We publish below the cable which ing millions of gallons of water made a forced landing at sea in
trade may be lost.
don assembled in the vicinity pour-death by drowning when the Mr. G. C. Pelham, who is at pre-of an II with the main wings fac completed its crossing of the At the Hongkong Government de-Into the blaze.
giant bombing plane off Naid When Police and Fire officers staff of the British Embassy in also be extensive detached build-lantic, according to a message enable him to reply, to the ques- three hours this afternoon before
spatched to Sir Cunliffe-Lister to They were working for over Cavite, yesterday morning. went in they found the injured lad Peking, has been appointed British ings for the increased staffs.
The officer and enlisted men lof from Sediac, New Brunswick,
Nichols Field early yesterday on conscious, but groaning in the Commercial representative in Heng- It is anticipated that the con- which states that the fleet of tion in the House of Commons they secured control.
yesterday, put by Sir Nairne Flames were nearly a hundred personnel cockloft. The motor ambulance (kong.
training flight an struction will take three years at flyingboats has arrived at Cart-Sandeman, who enquired regard feet high at the time and were cruised around Manila Bay. Whil at Fire Brigade Headquarters was It is believed that he will leave least with favourable conditions.
wright, Labrador.
ing the effect of the tariff sweeping over the River Lee and flying off the coast of Cavite, the summoned and conveyed the Peking for Hongkong almost in- When the new institution is This was the most difficult see increases upon Hongkong's trade: Regent's Canni, the wind, fortun-plane developed engine trouble an victim to the Government Civil mediately although it was
stated ready for occupation, we under- tion of the long flight. It involved
ately, blowing in n direction which Lieutenant Gibbs, pilot; had n Hospital.
recently, when the announcement of stand the old hospital will be de-a 1,500-mile journey across the
assisted the fire Brigades.-British other recourse than to bring hi the creation of this new office was molished except for a portion which ocean from Iceland and as far as made, that the first holder would will house accident
Wireless.
plane down on the water, it wa few is known it was completed with- probably take up the appointment Inminor cases.
learned last night.. out mishap.
The Italian flyingboats arrived The first to arrive landed at 1.59 at Cartwright in twos and threea. p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and sixteen altogether had completed the journey up to 3.10 p.m. E.S.T.
The visibility and the weather WORTHY REALISATION was satisfactory for manoeuvring the planes, which arrived at inter- OF HOPES
vals of ten and forty minutes. London, July 12.
The first seaplane was nighted at The King, accompanied by the Cartwright at 1.50 p.m.
No details are available of the ¡Queen, and attended by the Home Secretary drove from Buckingham actual flight at the moment
GERMAN PUBLIC DEBTORS
CONCESSIONS BY FOREIGN CREDITORS
London, July 12. At the request of the German Reichsbank, mnatinga took place! in London, on July 10 and 11 be- tween the representatives of Ger- man Public Debtors and the For-
October at the earllest.
Mr. Pelham is comparatively new
to the Far East. He has been in
ami 01
HOSPITAL
the China Consular Service for KING OPENS NEW about two years and, as far as is known, he has always been station- ed in Peking. He is a Vice-Consul (Grade II).
BETTER FIGURES
REVENUE
Hammersmith.
Reuter.
ALL SAFE
Later.
Later.
eign Bank Creditors Committee. COLLECTIONS IN U. S. Palace this afternoon to open the
The latter agreed that owing
now Freemasons Hospitals 'sti to the present foreign exchange
Washington, July 9. situation of Germany to recom Internal revenue collections for
The King's uncle, Duke of Con-Į mend concessions involving are the fiscal year closing Juno 30 naught and Master of the Order duction of interest rates and the amounted to $1,616,228,409, an in- received Their Majesties on
All the Italian machines have postponing of enpital repayments crenae of approximately $58,000,- rival. The Hospital was first pro-
now arrived safely at Cartwright, in foreign exchange until the ex-000 above the previous year, the jected twenty years ago but com- Labrador, after a successful and piration of the German public treasury department announced plotion was delayed by war. comparatively, uneventful flight deptors credit agreement of 1938. to-day.
After a brief service, conducted | Router. British Wireless,
Approximately $80,000,000 reby the Archbishop of Canterbury, presented tax on 8.2 per cont. bcer. the King, in opening the hospital Beer war legalized April 7. said, "This fine building so ad- hence beer returns represented a mirably situated and planned to little less than for one quarter.
give patients the benefits of the sunshine and fresh aire, is a
STATE CAPITOL
ABLAZE
GOVERNOR AIDS FIREMEN
* Springfield, Ill;, July 10. Fire broke out on the sixth floor
of the Illinois. capitol building yesterday and did damage amount ing to about $100,000 before'. It wak”, controllado de
WOMEN INJURED
LINDBERGHS AT ST. JOHN
To-
To
Hongkong tone
Chine
tone
1970 1930 1931
21,000 monthly
30,000
25,000 monthly 23.000 12,000
0,000
8,000
20,000 1982 20,000 1933 monthe)
MANY BANKRUPTCIES. "The heavily increased Chinese Customa duties on practically every manufactured' product must, adversely affect Hongkong's local position with regard to sugar im- manufactories and entrepot trade. ported from Java to Hongkong and trade due to diminished purchas
"The serious position in textiles China: Ing power of China and unfavour- able exchange between Chinese silver coins and Hongkong dollars, followed by bankruptcies of Chi- nege dealers both in Hongkong and Kwangtung and consequent heavy accumulation of stocks in Hong period of this falling off coincider Of course, it was stated, the kong is greatly accentuated by with world wide depression, and new duties which will increase no doubt some of the decrease is difficulty of clearing stocks and attributable to that cause. Boverely restrict now, business, prlee of sugar, however, is lower especially in the qualities import than it has over been, so that ed from England. The paper without additional_duties a normal trade is similarly affected,
increase in consumption could have "Flour duty increase. has been been looked for. subject of protest by local repre- sentatives of Canadian and Aus trallan Millers as a tax on the
14,000
COTTON AND WOOL..
The
After hitting the sea the pilo and his men decided to abando the plane and swam ashore safely The big bomber sank soon afte it had been abandoned.
BRITISH TRADE IN JUNE
STILL DIMINISHING IN VOLUME The feature of British trad returns for June is a sharp ris in re-exports. The total import amounted to £53,774,029, **** presenting a decrease of £4,170,55 and the total exporte af £39,739
are on the previous month. Re-export Interests of Shanghai Mills which, extremely heavy for practically at £5,266,887 show an increase a however, are unable to supply avery manufactured product it £1,446,847 on the figures for Ma more than a fractional part of wont without Baying they and more than £1,000,000 on the China's requirements.
have a harmful effect on the for June of last year Britt "Traders in coal, timber, sugar, commercial Interests of Hong Wireless. tanning extracts, chemicals, drugs, kong. The business hardest hit proprietary medicines and infant was that of the Manchester and foods and seriously concerned. The Bradford cotton and woollen piece following local - Industries zčáre goods. Lately a lot of knitting
people's food alleged to be in the effect that as the duties
Another statement was to the 609 show a decrease of $1,257,76
worthy reallsation of your hopes HOPE TO MEET GEN. suffering seriously from restrict factories and weaving. factories that pressure Hightst
BALBO
LOCAL SHOWERS. The Royal Observatory and cannot fail to bring comfort and help to 'Freemasons and thoir]
od demand from higher duties im- have been established in Hong- now declare it open,
posed namely, coment, atlasses, kong which consumed consider. Pacific to the east of TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
that with God's blessing
St. John's, Newfoundland.
rubber shoes and cotton goods able quantities of yarn. The relatively low over di
churia and S. W Alighting from a moving tram-
within its walls, may be found re- Col. and Mrs, Lindbergh arrived factoffen. The local fishing in manufactured articles have been, a groat extent, exported to
Local forecast car in Johnston Road, Wanchaillef from suffering and restoration here to-day in the course of their dustry is hard hit by the high duty to yesterday, resulted in a Chinese to health.”—British Wirėless... Aight to Greenland. They Faraon salt fish Smuggling will in China and this branch of the East ord varia woman, Mok Hau-heung, sustain-
making for Cartwright where they vitably increase and it is believed business must likewise be badly. |generally hope to be able to meet Genorat, that China will fail to realise the affected as there is no means of disposing of the output of finish Balboy the leader of the Italian extra revenue anticipated." mãos flakt neroid the Atlantic...
ed products.
ing head Injuries. She was re- moved to the Government. Civil
1702 RAINF)
The House of representatives Hospital for, treatment.
* head injurios: through
knocked down, by Tmotor
SUGAR FIGURES.
morning, elláttads manya
to wheat