Scots Fear Is In Peril
"PARLIAMENT”
CONSIDERS FIVE-DAY WEEK
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1936.
The
Edinburgh, November 10. FEARS that the sanctity of Scotland's Sabbath is in peril were expressed at à meeting here to-day of the Scottish "Parliament"the Convention of Royal Burghs -which discussed action to safeguard the country's day! of rest.
The town council of Oban submitted the following resolution :— "Having regard to the increased secularisation of the Sabbath Day, and the consequent extension of Sunday labour this involves, this council represents to the convention that steps be taken to areure n five-days working week and the enable weekly seenlar day of rest to be secured without encroaching on the sanctity of Surulay,"
Baille Herbert M. McKie, of Oban, who moved the resolution, said it was very evident that the Scottish Sabbath as it used to be known was fast pressing away.
"A DAY OF REST
"Nowadays," he said, “we have both trains and buses running On Sunday.
"The Scottish people want to see their country, and we should not try to stop them for there is nothing fluer which they could see.
"But I say that the masses of the prople can only get that facility on a day which should be a day of rest.
"My council feels that If they had a whole work-day free they would have an opportunity of aeeing Bonnie Scotland,” THEIR DECISION
But the Convention took the view that the encroachment of week-time activities on The Sabbath wha a subject of too great magnitude to be dealt with further at today's meeting, and Mr. Robert Adam, Town Clerk of Perth, suggested that the matter be left till the Convention meets next April. It could then be brought forward, he said, in the form of a substantive motion.
Baille McKie agreed and the Convention approved the proposal.
SPY "B.9" " TAKES HER OWN LIFE
"Mata Hari Of The Balkans”
SENTENCED ΤΟ DEATH-BUT
ELOPED
WITH
WARDER
Vienna, Nov. 8.
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THE "Mata Hari of the Balkans," Maria Balan, after a
adventurous life, has died by her own hand on the grave of her parents in her native village of Vresetch, Jugoslavia. She was forty-five.
„Before_the_War, when Vresetch, thus was_in_her_cell_and_the_bugbed was Hungarian territory and army | heartily. The reason for this was manoeuvres were held in that area, seen later, for when, at dawn the | the beautiful blue-eyed and black-curst day, the soldiers came tu escort haired young Marta fell in love with | her to the execution ground, the fr- an Hungarian lieutenant who was ing squad stori ready-but they billeted in her parents' house and found the cell cmply. finally eloped with him.
When he abandoned her she be came associated with other officers of various Ilungarian and Austrian garrisons, and
By her beauty and charm she had fascinated the prison warder and the two had eloped. Because of her con-
hand!
it was thuring this lions she was able to make her! period that the Rumanian Secret Way through the front lines Service came into contact with her, She proved useful to them even be fore the War.
reach the Rumanian headquarters in safety.
Sabbath
Nazis Purge Wagner
Munich, November 5.
THE Nazis have found it necessary to "elville" the famous
Wagner operas,
The world-renowned stages of Munich and Bayreuth are being "officintly reformed" this season by Third Reich culture chlefs. "Richard Wagner," it is announced here, "was not familiar with the true facts regarding the high cultural level of our Teutonic ancestors. They were not harbarians."
First opera to undergo the Culture Purge was "Gnetterdoem. merung." What Wagner himself specifted as "barbaric Teutons" for his cast of characters have now had their wild hair shorn, their fearsome gestures subdued, and their primitive raiment changed to "the costumes of German noblemen."
The entire "Ring" cycle is undergoing the same "civilising"
process,
Van Der Wick Sailed With
Scuttle Ports Left Open
CAUSE OF SUDDEN SINKING
Batavia, Nav, R. THE THE Dataplausch Nieuwsblad tearns that the preliminary Inquiry in esper of the capazing of die Van der Wijck Bas revealed enough to explain the Kulden sinking of the Tat,
were It ampe in that instructions given in the morning at Soerabaya to
a espenter (droward) antt a "djoerge molice trescued). to open the Pottle ports of hateties 3 and 4.
Thego srutile ports were aut closer main, 2:00 that thy ship left Seerabaya with epen scuttle ports in two batches.
IMPORTANT FACTOR
Although this can have nothing to do with the cause of the listing yet
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It may be considered on a very in Solo-There's Mantle in the ale.
Harvey: Vocal Medley Ella- portant factor in the disaster, be Cause with the incline of the shipine Terriss and Seymur Hicks; hip Tenor Salos-I'm your Shave; You these scuttle ports must have let in
were so charming....... Charles (Gerry) water Courly quickly with the
Fitz Gerald, ingvitable result that the listing was increased ver
very rapidly.
1 is possible that it was overlook- ed to have the hatches closed before leaving, but it is also possible that counting on a calm sea, the hatches were left open to allow fresh air to get in for the carge at oringes.
QUESTIONS TO GOVERNMENT General Lembarte, ex-chief of the
Mr. G. J. Lonkhuuzen, a member Moroccan Air Force, now Comman-of the Peoples' Comell, has address- de of it spots of the Spanish Rebeld the Government officially asking
whether, In trumps, is shown above with one of the beatiful womeń uf Oviedo, quiry as to the cause of the sinking
of the Van der
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BRITISH INTEREST
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LAUDED BY MR. T. V. SOONG
BANKING CONTROL.
Mr. T. V. Soong. President of the National Economic Council, and former Finance Minister, granted a Press Interview in the Board Room of the Hank of Canton this morning
order to make the in
possible, it is prepared to
raising the wreck.
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hat be impracticable, is the Government prepared to make an investigation by divers.
In conclusios the member asks whether the Government is disposed to consider what mensures are neces- sary to effect an improvement in the ratio alarm system in case of ship- wrecks-
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taking peatedly frustrated important Aus-admirers grew fewer and fewer.
recently to facilitate frian military plans,
days ago she invited the between China and Great Britain. She was arrested and brought bes fore
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-British Wireless. DESTOWED ON MANKIND.-Martin in Belcher Street yesterday, anci died | removed." Luther.
on the way to the Government Civil Referring to the Bank of Cantim, Hospital.
which he nas come South organise and re-open, following it. closure in September last year, Mr. Seong said the registration of the Bank would remam Britisa and the practices followed during and after the re-opening would be strictly in accordance with agritish Inw in the Colony..
Suffering from head injuries inflict- ed by two men armed with a chopper, Hong Sal-fook, of Young, Shi Au village, Salkung, was taken to the Kowloon Hospital yesterday.
Leung Wai, # coolte, received Injuries to his foot yesterday when
Chan Kl, aged 25, boat builder, accidentally cut himself on the right band with a chopper at the Hing Kee shipbuilding yard, Cheung Sha Won, yesterday, and was removed to the Kowloon Hospital.
morning.
£ 10,500,000
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Island,
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years, he said, "and I wish to renew uk acquain-As James Williamson, he inherited a Lard Ashton died in 1930, aged 87. Ills visit, said Mr. Soung, finoleum business at Lancaster from had no connection with the signing his of a contract for the joining . Kowloon-Canton and the Canton- Hankow rallway. Nor did his visit concern the proposed introduction et a unified currency into Kwang
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a log of wood fell off lorry No. 1270 two workmen,
Leung Kan and Yuen Ching-fook, when it was turning into Soy Street. Government Civil Hospital, yester; tinued the financier, hus meant that were taken to the Central Bank system in China, con- He was taken to the Kowloon day, suffering from injuries received
Asked concerning general condi- Hospital for treatment.
when they accidentnily fell off some Ching is definitely gaining control tons In Chin, Mr. Soong suid be scaffolding at No. 18 Fung Fal of ber banking relations with the was confident that greatprogress has only just been made public, it "Although this other million pounds was being unde and had been made actually come to light when we were Lau Sat, aged 54, unemployed, who Terrace, Yuen died at 5 o'clock this rest of the world. This will
mean the loss
other to banks of was banished for a period
act during the past few years, while at winding-up the estate," said one of of len
countries, which some
people the same time the Government was the administrators to years on January 1, 1934, was charged;
For imagine.
Newe A 31-year-old unemployed rleksha seive less business, perhaps, but all time they will re- Д with returning from banishment be-
growing merdasingy strong and Chirontele. fore Mr. K. Keen at the Central coolie, Chol Ho, was charged with banking Institutions, bota Chinese Magistracy this
the morning. Sentence possession of a house-breaking and foreign, will benefit ultimately of six months' hard labour was Im-implement, namely, a home-made from the improved banking condi posed
screw-driver, before Mr. K. Keen at tions and the resultant improvement the Central Magistracy this morning trade and industry. Detective-Sergeant T. Cashman said According to a Police report, seven that defendant was seen by two.
FAIR PARITY robbers entered three unnumbered Chinese detectives sitting in an old houses at Mau Po village, Lok Ma ricksha in the lane behind Chau, about 2.30a.m., to-day, and Building at 3.45 am. yesterday. rate and the relation of the Chinese muld, why the recent sliver shipments free of duty and the personal effects. rested and unclaimed on board the robbed the inmates of $8 Hongkong When being searched, he threw the currency to world currencies, Mr. currency, $5 Canton money and a screw-driver away. Two small nuts Soong said that he considered the quantity of clothing. The victims and a metal cylinder were also found parily a fair one and could see no were Tang Chi, 31, married woman in his possession. Defendant claim reason why it should be changed. Tang Chol, 45, married
The purpose of his visit, said Mr. Man Lam, 22, farmer. The robbers, in to have picked up all the articles
robbers, in Des Voeux Road Central. He was Soong, was, firstly, to re-open the who were not ormed, fed in the bound over in the sum of $20 to be Bank, and, secondly, lo visit direction of San Tin village.
friends. "I have not visited my of good behaviour for one year.
China Regarding the present exchange
old
"It was no surprise, for we realised the Canton-Hankow Railway, the thal in dealing with an estate of this magnitude the original estimate would position was made doubly secure.
Regarding the defence of China, have to be varied by the time the Mr. Soung was reticent and said task was completed. that he was not a Government (When a man dles, leaving estate oMeinl nu could not discuss the in excess of £1,000, without making matter. Nor could he disclose, he will, the widow receives £1,000
Were made from Shanghat to Hong- kong and other places or whether
of war.
they were connected with the threat hir. Soong will supervise the re- opening of the Bank of Canton on Monday and will leave the same day for Canton.
An application for the confisention
A 27-year-old unemployed man,
of 330 lbs. of sugar, found unmaal Lt Chung, was removed to the Kow- and a life interest in one-linlf of the
the loon Hospital ýesterday, suffering remainder of Ube estate. The steamer Hal Yang, lying t
from the effects of. Immeralon, when childres, if of age, take the other half. Douglas Wharf, on November 19, was abrotutely, and at the death of the
made by Detective-Sergeant Hay- widow the
ward before Mr. K. Keen at the Cen he jumped from the Yaumati ferry Inter's half-interest.
tral Magistracy this morning, Aa launch Man Tok at 10.30 p.m. A Where there are no children the re-
there were no claimants, the applica cook from the tug, Tagawa Maru, mainder of the residiary estate is
tion was granted,
rescued him. held on trust for the widow for life.]