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48, 1934.
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HENRY COTTON LEADS FIELD SILVER MYSTERY
WITH BRILLIANT ROUND
OPEN GOLF SURPRISES
AMERICAN CHALLENGE UNCONVINCING
BRITONS WELL TO FORE
London, June 27. Magnificent performances by a score of British golfers over the Royal St. George's
cou'se
INTENSE HEAT AT- CHINKIANG
Mercury Rises To 110 Degrees
Shanghai, June 28.
A report from Chinkiang states that the mercury there soared to as high as 110.2 degrees yesterday, Streets are. deserted owing to the intense heat and business is at a standstill.----| Central Neim.
VAST AIR EXPANSION SCHEME
CABINET KEEPS THE SECRET
PLANS TO BE PUSHED AHEAD.
London, June 27. Another hint that a vasť air expansion scheme will
at Sandwich to-day BANDIT ATTACK shortly be pressed forward
have given rise to strong hopes that Britain will retain the open championship trophy in the British Isles for the first time for eleven
years...
Britain has seldom had a better looking chance at the end of the first round of the championship tournament, competition proper.
The American challengers were
unconvincing. They most
were not so smooth and accurate on the greens as usual. Densmore Shute, the holder, alone showed good form, and he finished up four stroken be
hind the leader, Henry Cotton.
ON CHURCH
ARSON ATTEMPT NEAR SHANGHAI
PRIEST USES REVOLVER
Shanghai, June 28.
A graphic story of an attempt to destroy the Roman Catholic church at But for a couple of putta, Cot. Zose, in the Shanghai hills ton might have established a new last week, was revealed to- record for the course, although it would have been pretty near day by Father Savio. miracle. As it was he went round
in a brilliant 67, which would have established a record had he not himatif brokon the course record 7 by two stroked on Tuesday when he returned a card of 60 in the qualifying competition.
Father Safe was alone in his residence near the church when he was aroused by the barking of his dogs and noticed that the church; was on fire.
He immediately rushed out, with revolver in his hand, and attempted to beat out the blaze.
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YOUNG PRO'S COOD ROUND.
He was fired upon by one of three The surpise round was, how bandits while engaged in the lask ever, pulled out by F. Taggart, and he returned the fire with his young assistant professional from revolver, with what effect he did Cheshire. He aggregated a nicely not know, other than that the played 70 and led the field until bandits fled. Cotton brought in his 67, and then occupied second place, with seven
his old confidence and only a small
to completion was given to- night.
Mr. Stanley Baldwin's recent asaurance of the Government's determination to secure parity in the air with any country within striking distance of Great Britain was repeated by Lord London- derry, Minister for Air, in the House of Lords, in reply to a speech by Lord Mattistone.
Lord Mottistone urged the im-| mediate remedying of the in- adequacy of the air defences of the United Kingdom.
PLANS SECRET.
Lord Londonderry stated that as the Government could no longer tion that would solve the problems
hope for an international conven-
U.S.
TREASURY
Complate with RAZOR BLADE
“TICKLED TO DEATH" "The Tending spokesmen for the Senate silvar bloc do not sitampt to hide their satisfaction at the recent Administration policy lu the matter, of restoring the price of the white motal. Eboto shows, left to right, Sanators Adams, King, Kay Pittman, und Borah, on leaving
the White Houn
THE NULLAH
OUTRAGE
MAN STILL IN. DETENTION WARD
LIKELY TO STAY A. FORTNIGHT
Enquiries made this morn-
MR. HENDERSON AND LABOUR PARTY.
of Europe, the Cabinet has deing at Police Headquarters cided that they can no longer de-yielded the information that lay in taking the steps necessary the Chinese who was te........ to provide the united kingdona scued from the nullah after defence of the
It was impossible at the present the outrage which resulted time to give the definite nature of in the death of Michael Pine the contemplated expansion of the is still in the defention ward Royal Air Force or to indicate the
lines along, which it would pro-at the Government Civil ceed, but there need be no apare Hospital. heusions that the plans and arrangements were not fully un- der way,
EMPIRE LINKS.
Resigns Position As Secretary
London, June 27.
Mr. Arthur Henderson has definitely resigned the post of Secretary of the Labour Party, although he is still prepared to continue the Treasurership and to act consultatively.
Mr. Henderson is, of course, one of the elder statesmen of the Party. Reuter,
LANCASHIRE
TROOPS
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Useful for Many
50 cfs. With
Leather Caso.
REMAINS: SILENT
NO DENIAL OF HUGE PURCHASE PLAN
REFUSE TO DISCUSS QUESTION
GENERAL FUND TO BE USED
Washington, June 27.
If Senator Dies yesterday revealed Administration se crets regarding proposals to embark upon a huge silver- purchasing programme, the Treasury declines to admit
ON VERGE OF that any cat has been let out
of any bag. MUTINY
SERIOUS AFFAIR IN AUSTRIA
HOSTILE TO THE HEIMWEHR
Graz, June 27. A serious incident suggest
The report that the United States Government has decided to embark upon a sliver-buying pro gramme Involving the purchase of some 1,254,000,000 ounces in the course of the next six months has aroused widespread Interest, but. the effect has been to close the avenues of Information at the Treasury, where officials refuse to discuss the question of silver.
TREASURY MUM,
The Treasury is at present ou- ing unrest in the Austrian thorised to purchase silver exceed army occurred to-day at it cannot at presont be definitely. ing a thousand million ounces, but Graz, which was one of the determined whether they intend principal storm-centres in to do so or when the February Socialist re- Treasury officials also decline to
Ivolt.
comment on the atatement of. Senator Dies that the Treasury has A party of four hundred regular already bought 75,000,000 ounces troops broke their barracks and of silverp
BETTER PLEASED demonstrated in the public square
The detained man has not yet. been able to make a coherent state. ment, or to give an account of his movements on the day of the ATTACK ON UNFAIR
COMPETITION.
A fox terrier who joined him in Earlier, in reply to Lord outrage,
It is likely that he will have to others in close attendance with 71.chase of the gang was slightly Elibank, Lord Londonderry em-
phasised that the Dominions and remain in hospital for at least an- AH. Padgham was among this wounded.-Router. number. He was playing with all
the Government felt that it would other fortnight, as he is suffering | be incompatible with the self- from a broken thigh and other TRADE OUTLOOK government of each and the in-injuries. (erests of all that any attempt Should his identity be definitely should be made to establish a established as the perpetrator of Central Defence Air Force for the outrage and a charge be pre- the Empire. He added that ferred against him, the indictment nevertheless every effort was be-will be one of murder.
epot of trouble
nt one.
or two
places marred a round of almost perfect golf.
BEST AMATEUR.
HUPEH-HUNAN
BANDITS
AIR
RESISTING
BOMBING
Hankow, June 28..* Marshal Chang Hauch-liang
The best amateur performance was put up by Leslie Garnett, the London millionaire Guardsman, who did a 78 without troubling him. self much. Garnett, it will be re- called reached the semi-inal of the amateur open championship. being returned here by air at 5 p.m. yes- defeated by Lawson Little, the Lerday from Huangchuen after no Inspection tour of the Hupeh.
ultimate winner.
Outside Densmore Shute, the Hunan border.
best American card was that of Kirkwood, who
The Marshal was interviewed by, Anished seven General Liu Chen-hau, the C-in-C
ing made to link the air forces of. the Empire as closely as possible. -Reuter.
BANKER'S SON ARRESTED
PICKETS
strokes behind the lender. Gene of the Bandit Suppression Forces, FOR AIDING STRIKE Sarazen needed 75 and MacDonald and he ordered increased efforts Smith needs to put up some for the suppression of bandits, sensational rounds if he is to con- who are reported to be holding tinue in the running.
their ground despite Governament air-bombing activities.-Reuter.
LEADING SCORE9. Leading scores were:
Henry Cotton (Brussels)
H. S. Laidlaw (Wentworth)
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STRIKE THREAT IN U.S.
LITTLE HOPE OF PREVENTION
Washington. June 27.
IMPROVED
against the Starherberg Heimwehr GENERAL FUND BUYING organisation, and they attacked
The Treasury has throughout and beat any members of the consistently declined to reveal the Heimwehr that they found on th
n the ngures of its purchases and as most of the silver purchased has
streets,
Other
troops, with fixed
bayonets, were called out and been paid for from the resources succeeded in driving the demon-figures do not appear in the daily of the Stabilisation und, the atrators back to barracks.
The incident
aroge
籍 from
soldier, since when all soldiers were ordered to be confined to bar-
Treasury statement.
Heimwehr assault yesterday on a The Treasury, however, intends:
to begin purchases, from its general fund at some time in the near future and its acquisitions of silver will then be shown daily.
London, June 27. Steps taken by the British racks-Reuter, Government to counteract cer: Renter. tain aspects of unfair trade com- petition based on deliberato cur rency depreciation were comed by Sir Allan Sykes at the [annual meeting of the Bleachers'
Association in Manchester.
wel- CHINESE SHIPPING
Reviewing tho effects of the
COLLISION
Textile Mission's visit to India, he CAPTAIN AND OFFICER
sald the mission. hnd contributed anew and batter feeling between the two countries.
BROKERS WARNED.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has warned brokers hold ing long positions for holders outside the United States that they muat procure immediately aworn statements from their clients
covering the facts which must bo TO BLAME
shown upon liquidation, if they. are liquidated after September 1. Shanghal, June 28. In referring to the results of tween the
Holding that the collision be- Until then, if it is impossible to obtain a memorandum sworn to A stroke of 76,000 workers In India's recent negotiations with singen and Fachow near Klang by the owner, the broker must pre-
Chinese steamers the woollen Industry in the State Japan, he thought it reasonable toying on January 17, which caused pare a memorandum on behalf of Jeracy City, Jano 27.
of New England is threatened on assume that India would now use the drowning of forty of the the owner if the contract is to be Monday.
not less than an additional 200 Fuchow's passengers, was due to Corliss W. Lamont, the son of The Union's demands include million yards of Lancashire-made negligence on the part of Cap-
liquidated-Reuter. Mr. T. W. Lamont, famous banker, the restoration of the 1929 wage cloths.
tain Liu Pel-shong, of the Teingen, TRADE AGREEMENT SIGNED reduction of hours was arrested here to-day for level and a
An increase of Lancashire's he was fined $1,000 by the Shang- to not more than thirty a week, textile trade, he added, would be hai District Court yesterday, picketing in front of Д local with no reduction in pay, and re-substantial in volume if furnituro factory.
the Zou Yung-sen, the other Tsingen presentation on the Wool Textile world's trade as a whole increased. officer, was fined $600, and both He is to be charged with dis- Code Authority. orderly conduct.
Lancashire was well equipped were ordered to pay $10,000 com- Mr. Blanchard, Deputy N.R.A. to take the fullest advantage of ponsation to the owners of the Administrator, has asked that the any improvement, of which there Fuchow-Reuter, strike be called off pending the were some signa-British Wireless. creation of an Industrial Rela-
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F. Taggart (Wimslow).
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A. I. Padghain (Sandridge)
U.S. NOVELIST DEAD
C. A. Whitcombo (Crows Hill)
E.M. RHODES PASSÉS
Corlisa Lamont -years of age
Reuter.
and a
AWAY
Bert Hodson (Chigwell)
Q. S. Denny (Thoupo Hall)
Densmore Shute, US.A.
Dallamogno (France)
P. J. Mahon (Bier, Ireland)
E. R. Whitcombe (Meyrick Park)
G. Good: (Romiley)
A. Weston
- W. T. Twine (Langley Park)
P. Allies (Banconafield)
Leslie Garnett (Addington)
J. Adams (Royal County Down)
·Othern scores includedi
Joe Kirkwood, USA.
Geng Sarazen, U.S.A.
MacDonald Smith, U.S.A.
SIR FREDK. MAZE
IN LONDON
New York, June 27.
is thirty-two Socialist.
tions Board buttho Union organiser, Mr. Joseph Silver, has
...
The death is reported from San FIRE IN OLD FOREIGN held ont little hope that the atriko BRITAIN'S RETAIL Diego, California, of Mr. E.M.
Rhodes, the well-knowri novelist,
74 at the age of 65 years.
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Serious Outbreak in
Nanking
Nanking, June 28. Ten buildings were destroyed or. Chu Lin, a pantry-boy on the .. damaged in a fro within the old Cap St. Francis, was injured yester: Walchiaopu Compound late last day through a fall into a hold. while night as a consequence of a short the ship was at the Talkoo Docks. circuit.
The fire raget for half an hour
will be avoided.—Router."
BRITISH AMBASSADOR
IN JAPAN
Presents Credentials to Emperor
TRADE
IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST YEAR
London, June 27.
DOLLAR AGAIN RISES
LOCAL MARKET VERY FIRM
There was a further advance of 1/8th in the Hongkong dollar on opaning this morning, the quota- tion being is. 6d.
The money value of rotail trade The inter-bank rata is very firm, sales in Britain last month was business having been done at In 7.7 per cent. greater than in May 5.16/16d. Reflecting.confidence. In | 1938, D.
further silver advances, the market. For the first four months of generally is extremely steady. the trading year, the total sales the corresponding period of 1988, were 8.8 per cent..above those for
Stocks at the end of last month
GOLD EMBARGO REMOVED
Tokyo, Juno 28. with injuries, including a scalp before it was brought under con- British Ambassador in Tokyo, and Sir Robert Clive the new London, June 27. wound, Pang Slu-fat, a passenger on trol. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald had a the .. Takada, was taken ashore to As these old buildings had been bis sulte, proceeded to the
St. John's, “Jùng 27)) long talk this evening with Sir hospital on the arrival of the steamer turned into a dormitory for Imperial Palace at 10.16 am. to were 2,2 per cent, higher and The Newfoundland Government
during the week-end. The Injuries Frederick Mazo, who visited the are said to have been Indicted by an employees of the Walchinopu, no day and presented his credentials. employment was 8.1 per cent has issued a decreo removing the Prime Minister in his room at the other Chinese in an altercation during oficials documents were involved The proceedings were extremely greater than at the end of May embargo, upon sold exporta →→→
in-tho-fire--Central News.
cordial-Razlar.. House of CommonsRouter, the voyage from Bingapore.
Jost your British Wireless, and Reiter
London, June 27. ment was signed at the Foreign
The Anglo-French Trade Agree
Office this afternoon by Sir John Simon and Mr. Walter Runciman on behalf of Britain and by the French Ambassador on. behalf of France-British Wireless.
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