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FOUNDED JASI
No. 142D
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1934, 六拜體 號五月五英港香
HONGKONG OBJECTIONS
LOOP-THE-LOOP COLLISION
R.A.F. CRASHES AT GRANTHAM
PARACHUTE ESCAPES
(Special to "Telsgraph")
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Ordinance.
1. 0.02 m.)
Received
London, May 4,
Hay
What was narrowly near triple air tragedy, as the result of
a collision five thousand, feet above the ground. was averted to- day by the cool behaviour of mem- bers of the Royal Air Force.
Two machines attached to the Third Flying Training School at 'Grantham, were engaged in
aerobatic exercises
the nerodrome.
near
QUOTA SYSTEM
ANOTHER SILVER CONFERENCE
Senate Bloc To Visit White House
Washington, May 4. Leaders of the Senate silver bloc have decided to visit the White House to-morrow morning "with an open mind," hoping to have a full and frank dis. cussion' with the President in regard to legislation. for silver to be enacted before Congress adjourns. accord- ing to Senator King- Reuter,
Chancellor
Defended the In For
They came into collision in the
of tooping process evolutions.
The three occupants, two officers and an alreraftsman, jumped out of the interlocked machines and safely descended by parachutes, nlighting a quarter of a mile away from the point where the machines came to the ground to be imme- diately wrecked,-Reuter Special.
PARIS-TO-TOKYO NONSTOP
RECORD FLIGHT
ATTEMPT
Orthodoxy
MR. BALDWIN'S TRIBUTE
TRADE ULTIMATUM TO JAPAN
LIKELY TO CONCERN ·
WEST AFRICA ONLY
(Special to "Telegraph")
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London, May 4. It is learned in London that Hongkong has objected to any proposal to extend the threatened imposition of quotas against Japanese goods to Hongkong.
The objections are based upon the special circumstances of Hongkong's trade, the Colony's free port status and the dimeulties · of securing Any satisfactory machinery for control except at prohibitive cost, together with the fact that any quota system
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TO TOKYO DIPLOMATIC
Mr. Andrew Mallan (left) who faces a claim of nearly $2,000,000 an account of alleged under-payment of
income tax in 1931.
CONDEMNED
VIEWS THAT CAN BE DISOWNED
"HANDS OFF" COMMENT
CONTINUES
NANKING MORE SATISFIED
(Special to "Telugrahh")
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Rearford *#.30 15.10.) "
A sharp comment on |Japanese 'diplomatic tactics was made by Mr. Victor Soo, the Chinese Minister at
ASSASSINATION Berne, in an exclusive in-
DENIED
would probably deprive Hongkong Imam of YEMEN of a large Japanese re-export trade with South China.
It is rumoured that Ceylon has also expressed disapproval of any proposals to include her in the scheme.
It now appears, however, that
the threat would only be applied,
London, May 4. Speaking at the Albert Hall at Conservative party meeting, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Lord Pre sident of the
for the present, to West Africn, paid a tribute to the work of Mr. Where most favoured nation treat- Neville Chamberlain as Chan- ment arrangements with Japan cellor of Exchequer.
expire on May 18.-United Pres.
Council,
to-day
Chan-
WAR DEBT. FRICTION
Despite criticism, the cellor had stuck grimly and stout- ly to the course, which in the eult circumstances of the past Marseilles, May 4.
two years could not be, popular, The noted French airmen, M.umely the maintenance of the Codos and M. Rosi are planning hard stern old method of finance, Le Bourget envolving, for the time being, high to start from odrome at the end of the month taxation and the continuance of
those sacrifices that the British MR. CUMMINGS TO on a nonstop flight to Tokyo.
They will fly in the famous long-people had made with such magni-
Lo Scent courage. Joseph distance plane, the
Their example had created a Brix.
The object of the flight is a deep impression throughout the attempt to beat their own world world. long-distance straight line record of 9,104 kilometres from New York to Rayak, which they completed on August 6, 1933-Reuter.
TREASURY CLAIM ON
MR. MELLON
Hoping To Collect Two Million Dollars
Pittsburgh, May 4.
Mr. Andrew Mellon, one of
America's wealthiest men, former
And also
He was confident that if the people would only stick it out"! they would have their reward.
The Chancellor had already been able to relieve no inconsider- able portion of the burden this
year and he held out hopes of
better things next year.-British g
Vicetras
NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR
SIR GEORGE CLERK IN PARIS
"GIVE" RULING
JOHNSON BILL APPLICATION
(Special to "Telegraph").
"
(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphia Mon
Ordinence, JANE. Received Jay
Washington, May 4. Relations between Britain and the United States are possibly involved in a legal study now proceeding in the Department of Justice.
AT SANÄÄ?
terview granted to-day to. the United Press.
"Since the Japanese fuund thomselves encountering world indignation at their "Hamis Or declaration," he said, "they have been endeavouring to patch things up by making Dr. Rajchman, the League adviser to China, the
ARMY MUTINY scapegoat."
REPORTS
NO RIGHT.
AMATEUR PHOTO COMPETITION
Basic Value Price
Bigger and Better This Summer
The Telegraph's popular Amateur Photographic Competi tion will again be held this year. entrica opening on June 1st and closing on August 31,
In addition to cash prizes total. ling $260, which the Telegraph la offering, the Kodak Company has. promised valuable cameras, while other local firms have signified their intention of adding to the prize it.
Detaile will by later.
announced
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TACTICS
PERRY AND CRAWFORD
TO MEET IN THE FINAL
FOR
HARDCOURT
TITLE
London, May 4.
F. J. Perry and Jack Crawford, as was generally expected, will clash once again in a championship final, this time at Bournemouth in a battle for the British Hard- Court Tennis Championship.
Since Wimbledon last year they have mot in two national champion- ship finals, American and Austra lian, and Perry has won botli. final of the Victoria State cham-
pionship.
CENTURIES Party also beat Crawford in the
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BATSMEN START SEASON WELL
HUGE SCORE BY SURREY
London, May 4..
The brilliant England Davis Cup player seems just now to be at the top of his form and he is. favourite for to-morrow's match.
Aliss Dorothy Round and Miss Seriven meet in the Indies singles final.
the
Perry and H.GIN. Leu. British Davis Cup pair, went down in the doubles semi-annt
Six English cricketers to Crawford and McGrath in four.
nets. Crawford and his colleague paralleled the achievement took the first set at 0-1, lost the
Japan has no right to comment of Ashdown upon the League's reconstruction
FOREIGNERS SEEICwork in China: in the first place scoring a century in their the next two at 6-2 and. 6-3.
REFUGE
Cairo, May 4. According to reports from Hodeida, the rumour of the assassination of the Imam of Yemen is incorrect.
(Kent), incond 6-4, and then swept to n comfortable victory by winning
because she has deserted the Lea-first match of the season. • Kuc, accondly, because the tenth
Das Adam, the Dark Blue player, point in the Assembly's Sino-and Burling of Surrey were top were: Japanese Report of February 24,
Sutcliffe topped 150.
E. R. T. Holmes brought off the
1933, recommended the collabor-corers with 176, while Herbert ation of China and the League, and thirdly, because the Japanese voted against the Roport, for which outstanding bowling nahievement reason their good faith in the tnking 6 M.C.C. wickets for 16 matter is naturally open to ques- tion.
HONOURS LIST
"I think it is a strange practice
run..'
Batting.
It is stated that the Imam has announced his intention of leading his forces personally to defend und anything but drank, that the Sanan, the capital, and that he Japanese should express views in Das Arum (Oxford U........... has made a moving speech before such a way that the Japanese Gov- Berling (Surrey)... the Extraordinary War Council at ernment can disown them if they Sutcliffe Yorks)
And it to be convenient."-nited (Squiros (Surrey)... Sanan,
Press.
On the other hand, there are reports of mutinics of Yemenite troops, especially at Nejran and resi- Hodeida, where Yemenite stance to the forces of Ibn Saud is said to have collapsed.
Revolution is reported to have broken out at Sanaa and to have spread to other towns, and Ibag Sand's forces are said to have oe- cupled Hodeida.
FOREIGNERS ›SAFE,
FRENCH VIEWS.
170.
SEMI-FNALS.
The other semi-final, résulta
Men's Singles.
F. J. Perry (Britain) beat. V. G.
Kirby (South Africa), 7-5, 6-1, 6-3. J. Crawford (Australia) beat Adrion Quist (Australia). 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2,
Women's Singles.
Miss Dorothy Round bent Min 170 Kathleen Stammers, 0-1, 6-4;
Miss Scriven beat Miss Betty 110 Nuthall, 8-6, 6-2-Reuter.
102
Mitchell Innls (Oxford).
107
Barber (Yorks). Gregory (Surrey) Hendreu (M.C.C.).
103 970
$1 BETTER
Bowling
E.R.T. Holmes (Surrey)...6 for 16 Japanese Too Prudent
Dyson (Oxford Un) ..... for 54 To Take Risks
The results were: Paris. May 4. Surrey defeated the M.C.C. by The explanation of Japanese an innings and 173 runs, policy towards China as given to The MLC.C. mnde 142 (Hendren
TIMES AT HOME
ANOTHER DROP IN UNEMPLOYED
London, May 4.
It is anticipated that a further reduction of approximately 50,000 in the number of registered un- employed in Britain in the month of April, as compared with the March figure, will be disclosed when the official roturns for April are issued on Monday.British Wireiras.
HI.M.S. Penzance has transferred. Barthou by the Japanese Am- 81: Holmes G for 16) and 243. President Roosevelt said to-day three hundred foreigners from basandor, Mr. Saito, is entirely Surrey obtained 658 for 7 wickets that Mr..flomur S. Cummings, the Hodeida to the island of Kamaran.atisfactory states the semi-official declared, the heaviest scorers be Attorney-General, is
ing Barling (176), Squires (110). expected The quarrel between Ibn Saud newspaper, Le Temps, shortly to give a ruling on the and the Imam is centred in the The paper stresses the impor- Gregory (99) and Hobbs (50.) London, Muy 4.
point whether the Johnson Bill, control of the provinces of Asirtance of M. Batthou's reply, the Yorkshire defeated Cambridge Ambassador to Britain, has dis-
Sir George Clerk, in presenting discriminating against debt de- and Nejran. Asir was too weak aubstance of which is that France University by ten wickets. closed that the United States his credentials as British Ambas- faulters, applies to nations offer to resist the encroachments of her could only accept consultation
Cambridge were dismissed for Government is seeking to collect sader in Paris to President Lebrun ing token payments,
powerful neighbours and Nelran between the signatories
of the He expects to send a War Debt is a $1,319,080 as additional tax on his to-day, expressed the hope that the
well-defined area, chiefly | Nino-Power Treaty if Jaw and 248 and 260. Yorkshire made 495 for 8 declared (Sutcliffe, 162; Bar- Lørder are menaced in Chinn, afrelations linking the two coun-Message to Income for 1931,
Congress within Inhabited by bandite.
it
her 103) and 14 for 0 wicket.
BILLS. penalty of $659,510 a total of tries, which sprang from senti- fortnight or three weeks.
Ibn Saud occupied both pro-
It adds that the Japanese Gov-l nearly $2,000,009.-Reuter,
monts and
Oxford University and Glou- traditious of true} Observers are of the belief that vinces about & year
ago. The
ernment is too prudent to risk
London, May 4. friendship, would, continue. the President will merely report Imam hotly resisted the occupa-compromising its chances by hasty cester played a drawn game. A total of £180,035,000 was ap
The maintenance and strength-on the debt status rather than tion.
inopportune action.
Gloucester narrowly escaped plied for in tenders for £10,000,- ening of those relations, he said, make a request for normission to
Le Soir is less optimistic and defeat. At the close of play they 000 Treasury bills to-day. The afforded the most solid security negotiale
settlements.
at the zero were 81 runs in arrears with one maximum amount was allotted in for the peace of Europe.
United PreRR,
ska: Won't Japan, hour, snap her fingers at the Nine-wicket to full. Oxford made 397 bills at three months. The average Power Treaty as she did at the (Das Aram. 176, Mitchell-Inn's rate per cent, was 17/1,95d., as League-Renter
107: Parker, 5 for 69) and 227 for compared with 17/49d. a week
declared. Gloucester obtained ago, British Wireless. 270 and 267 for 9 Reuter,
LIBERAL-LABOUR
CO-OPERATION
SIR H. SAMUEL'S
ATTITUDE
London, May 4.
The President, replying, declar-
ed that in the common desire to
under-
new
FROM CHINA
work with firmness to increase and NEW DUTIES ON EGGS consolidate a confidont standing between ali people, noth- ing could better guarantee interna- Sir Herbert Samuel, addressing tional pence than the closest union Liberal Party demonstration at of Great Britain and France, bas- Bournemouth this evening, reed on justico and liberty.---| ferred to the suggestion of closer British Wirelcen.
co-operation between Liberals and.
Labour,
He exprossed bin readiness to co-operate with anyone who would
upon
Qghting
join in resisting attacks freedom and assist in against policies hostile to pehce British Wireless.
The Gazette contains revised con- ditions applicable to sale of Crown land in the New Territorien,
TIENTSIN BOMB INCIDENT
WILD RUMOURS IN CIRCULATION
Tientsin, May 4. Following s bamb incident In the Japanese Concession on Wed- nesday night, Tientsin is full of Suicide, by poisoning is believed to rumours of a large scale plot alm have been committed by a man, Funging at undermining the Adminis- Chong, whose body was found in a
room at the Wo Ping Boarding House tration. General Yu Heuch chung, Nathan Road, where he had been Governor of Hopel Province, de- Paying for some time. The remains claras omphatically, however, that
zomoved yesterday to the there 18.
fear. nothing to Contral News."
“were
“Mortuary,
Home Government Changes Form
London, May 4.
The following, specific rates of duty in substitution for the oxist- ling general ad valorem duty of
tow per bont, are announced:
On eggs, not in shell, liquid or frozen, including glycerinated eggs, 1⁄2, per lb. ' Dried whole eggs, 243, per lb. Dried yolk, 1d. por lb. Dried albumen, 244. Unground poppercorns, 58. Gil.
cwt.
The above rates, which come in- to force on May 8, are approxi matoly equivalent to ton per cent. of the current average import Ivalues of goods-Reuter
war
An armistice declared last March, but Ibn Saud accused the Imam of failing to perform his undertakings and thereupon swept down the Red Sea coast and cut off Invaded Yemen and the collapse of the Yemen army. Ho subsequently
tho
yemen trumps accounted the best fighters in Arabia, caused much surprise. It is stated, bow. that tha
kis Imam ill-paid men and treated them intolerably. Reuter,
AMERICAN AIR FORCES
MORE PURCHASES
EXPECTED
CHINA'S SECOND
DEMARCHE
Mr. Hirota's Verbal Reply
wickets.
TREASURY
NAVAL VOLUNTEER 90009006680
Nanking, May 6. Further light was to-day thrown by
the Nanking official on "hegemony statement" issued by the Japanese Foreign Omce.
He said the Japanese explina-
(Continued on Pago 24.) 2.
(Special to "Telegraph"},
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Zevolved May ages OrdinaOR, 28840
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Washington, May 4.
London, May 4. The War Dopartment has an The yacht Endeavour, which is nounced that authority for the a challenger for the America Cup, immediate purchase of 110 now is now rondy for her triala,, which, planes will be naked shortly for if the weather is favourable, will the building up of the Army Air begin to-morrow in the Solent Corpa, United. Press;
|British Wfrolean.
COMMITTEE
GOVERNOR
APPOINTS
COMMITTEE
His Excellency the Governor hus appointed the following to boj members of the Hongkong Naval Volunteer Committee of which Commodore Frank Ellott, O.B.F.. IN. 18, ex-officio, the President, and Lieutenant-Commander B, S. Itouse, as the Commanding Officer of the Hongkong Naval Volunteer Force, is ex-officio, & mombor:
Commander C. H. Heath-Cald- well, D.B.C., .N.
Lieutenant-Commander F. H. E. Skyrme, RN.
Lieutenant T. P. K. Komblo, Hongkong Naval Volunteer Force.
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