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The
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No, 16120
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·三拜效 號十月二英港香 ·WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10,
REBEL VICTORY
AWAITED EXECUTION ON
MALAGA SHIP-PRISON ·
Gibraltar, Feb. 9.
It is understood that the first column of the insurgent army to enter Malaga at dawn yesterday, comprising Spanish volunteers, Legionnaires and Moorish troops, met with some resistance. But by 5 p.m. the insurgents were firmly established in the city and had taken up quarters in Government buildings, from which the Nationalist flag was hoisted.
The insurgents captured two gunboats and a number of other craft in Malaga harbour.
But the most happy hour of all for the victorious army was that in which 300 hostages, who had been kept prisoner aboard a steamer in the harbour, and who were waiting for execution, were liberated.
The Government forces' losses in the fighting around Malaga have been heavy. A reliable source states that they sustained at least 5,000 dead and wounded, preceding the capture of the city. An eye-witness slates that ho cointed over 100 dead in one street of Malaga.
The insurgent casualties, it is stated, were 350.-Reuter Bulletin Service.
MUCH DAMAGE DONE
Algeciras, Feb. 1.
The Bituation In war-scarred Malaga after the Intensive bombard- ment by rebel guns was to-day described by the first Englishman to chler the city after its capture by 'General Del Lano's Legionnaires and Moors and volunteers. The whole of the Interior of the Cathedral was and all churches destroyed, and chapels were demolished. So were the villas belonging to Nationalists.
The Duke of Seville has been tem- porarily appointed milltary governor of Malaga,
Many cases of smallpox and other diseases are reported from the city. It is understood that 5,000 refugees who left Malaga before the fighting commenced in that area are anxious to return, in spite of the danger of epidemics, to seek out their families and friends. They may request the British naval autliorities at Gibraltar
FLOOD
CRISIS PASSES
MEMPHIS ESCAPES
ASSAULT
CAIRO CAKED WITH MUD
New York, Feb. 9. Reassuring news has been received that the flood waters have passed Memphis without causing any damage to the lown.
Waves of water, driven by the wind, struck the sides of the levee, reaching almost to the top, but the embankment withstood the assault.
The danger in Cairo has passed and many people who were driven out by the foods are returning to the town, which is thickly covered with mud.
1937.日九廿月二十
FOREIGN LEGION CAMPS WHERE TROUBLE THREATENS COLONY
The French Foreign Legion, one of the toughest and finest fighting units in the world, is camping where trouble brews on the border of French Morocco. When a rumour of infiltration of troops of a neighbour state into Spanish Morocco, which was later disproved, came to French cars, the
Foreign Legion moved towards the frontier to keep an eye on things.
WATER RATIONS
IN
HONGKONG
PIPE LINE'S CAPACITY NOT LARGE ENOUGH
Less than a fortnight after the official opening of Hongkong's 3,000,000,000 gallon Jubilee Dam, Government has found it necessary to again institute water restric tions on the Island.
It is officially announced that, as from Sunday next, the hours of supply to all districts on the Island will be
to lend them a warship to transport aster amount to 415, of which 285 restricted to between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
them to the ravaged city,
MASSACRES UNCONFIRMED
There is no confirmation of the stories of massacres on either side, though_yesterday It was being sald
The total deaths from the flood dis-
were in Louisville-Reuter Bulletin Service.
CREST ROLLS AWAY
Memphis, Feb. 9. The crest of the flood in the
RECRUITS FLOCK TO COLOURS
1
JANUARY FIGURE EXCEPTIONAL
RESERVISTS'
-SERVICE
(Special to Telegraph")
In
London, Feb. 9. Recruiting for the Army January increased by 150 per cent. as compared to the figures of 1936. long time." This was the longest increase for B
The regular Anny increased 13 per cent. in the same period.
These figures were disclosed by Warrender, Victor
Financial
Some resticence is being observed regarding the Secretary to the War Omee, during reason for this startling decision.
SINGLE COPY 15 GENTA 136.00 PER ANNUM
RUNCIMAN EXPLAINS PARLEYS
The World's
Master Tyre
SEEKING BASIS FOR TRADE TALKS
PACT WITH U,S, POSSIBLE
London, Feb. 9. Questioned in the House of Commons concerning the pros- pect of an Anglo-American trade agreement, Mr. Walter Runci- man, President of the Board of Trade and just back from con- versations with President F. D. Roosevelt in Washington, made no promises to-day.
He had had many opportunities for Informal exchanges of views with President Roosevelt and Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, on sub- jects of common Interest, however,
It was not intended that he should conduct negotiations with the Ameri→ can Government on any subject, when he left London last month, he safd.
Nevertheless, he had acverol useful conversations on trade mat- ters while in Washington, from which it appeared that further exploration would be necessary before 姓 could bo determin- ed whether or not there was firm basis upon which detailed negotiations for a reciprocal trade agreement could take place.
Mr.
his grati ludo Runciman expressed
to President Roosevelt and members of the American Govern- ment for their friendly reception. Ho hoped, he said, that the result of the conversations would be the facill tating of economic co-operation be tween the United States and Great Britain-Reuter.
SEEKING CONNECTIONS
London, Feb. 9. The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Walter Runciman, on his return to his place in the House of Commons after his visit to the United States, had several questions to answer, regarding his talks in Washington and his attitude to efforts to secure freer trade between the nations. Mr. Runciman was asked if "further explorations" to which he had referred, were to be pro- ceeded with. He replied: "Oh, yes, they are. procending at the present time,"
He informed the House that the United States subsidies to shipping in the Pacific were not discussed during his conversations in Washington.
Mr. Runelman was also asked if he proposed to open negotiations with the Oslo convention states. He replied he did not understand what kind of negotiations were intended by the questioner, whom he referred for the attitude of His Majesty's Gov- ernment to freer exchange of goods in international trade to the state- chequer inst November, in which Mr. ment by the Chancellor of the EX-
Neville Chamberlain said the Gov- a debate in the House of Commons to-day. The Reserve Forces Bill ernment would continue to keep in touch with the Governments of was before Parliament for second reading, which was proposed by Mr. France and the United States, A. Duif-Cooper, Secretary of State well as other Governments, in order for- War.
to take advanatge of any oppor The Minister declared that
lunities that offered to promote the the But, the Telegraph" understands, purpose of the Bill was to increase objects they had in common. British
Wireless. not all the Jubilee Reservoir supply servists from two to five years after the service libility of Class A re- needed on this side of the barbour they had left the colours. These re- is available for bland residents, servists would be liable to be call- duo to the fact that the copa-ed up for minor emergencies out- city of the
-two
cross-harbour side the country during this period, pipe lines is insufficient to supply the Reuter Special, surplus needs of the island for 24
The total storage on the island is 1,195,000,000 the retreating Leftists had Mississippi River rolled slowly to-gallons, while a further 1,200,000,000 gallons are stored in slaughtered people whose sympathies wards the Gulf of Mexico to-day the new Jubilee Reservoir.
that
were with the other side. Likewise, while near-tornadoes hit parts of
it was said of General Del Lano that Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana and when he heard of the mass murders Kentucky,
of Rightists in Malaga he had his weather.
ค
prelude to
colder
prisoners courtmartialed and shot all A 45-mile-an-hour wind at Evans MORE NOISE
Marxists.
.
ville, Indiana, demolished Small structures and damaged homes. was done at New Missouri, also.--United
The Communist leaders of Malaga, Some damage whom General Del Lano was 20 Madrid, anxious to capture, escaped by sea. Press. They sailed in the direction of
Valencia before the city fell, taking with them over 52,000,000 pesotas- Reuter,
READY TO HELP :
London, Feb. 9.
NO "TELEGRAPH"
·TO-MORROW
The British Consul nt Malaga, Mr. To-morrow, being Chinese
J. G. Clissold, who left there a few weeks ago, after the bombardment of the town by the insurgenta, and closed the Consulate which had been hit several times, returned to-day. aboard a destroyer from Gibraltar, following the surrender of Molaga by the Spanish Government forces.
New Year Bay, there will be no Issue of "The Hongkong Tele. graph." Publication will, how- over, de resumed on Friday,
He will report upon the food MINTING NEW
situation which it la feared may be, seriously disorganised when the confusion of the change of ad- ministration is added to the problems already created by the introduction, during the last few days, of some 150,000 refugees Into B normal population of 200,000.
MORE
FOR
SALES
RADIOS hours a day.
The U.8. Department of Com- merce reoemily informed radio manufacturers that if they want to beat their British and German competitors in Hongkong and China they must make ther radio scla noisier.
Chinese buyers Judge the quality of any set by the volume of sound!
MONEY FOR
Actually, water is being pumped incessantly across the harbour from Shing Munin order to retain the present level at Tyłam and Tytam Tuk.
new cross-harbour pipe line, providing an alternative connection between mainland and island reser- voirs, was recently completed at a cost of $250,000, and was immediate- ly put into operation.
MONEY READY FOR RELIEF
$950,000,000 BILL IS SIGNED
AUSTRALIA'S LINK WITH AMERICA
London, Feb. 9.
a5
His Majesty's Government in the Commonwealth of Australla has for some time been giving consideration to the question of their. representation
PAPAL LEGATE IN COLONY
phic, Papal Legate to the Eucharistic Cardinal Dougherty, of Philodei-
Congress in Manlia, who arrived in the Colony yesterday and was given a warm greeting by local Catholics.
Odd Shillings.
Bring Pounds
For Memorial
London, Feb. 9.-
The King George V National Memorial Fund has now reached a total of £533,000, Added to this total are gifts of land valued si over £100,000.
The recent: and novel proposal that Bank customers direct the banks to devote the odd shillings and pence of their balances to the Memorial Fund on a specified date has resulted in the sum of £190,000 being paid in---Reuter.
WOMAN SLAYER FREED
SLEW UNATTENTIVE
HUSBAND
DEMONSTRATION
IN COURT
(Special to "Telograph”).
London Feb. 9.
in the United States of America,
After consultation with His Á generally unexpected verdict of Majesty's Government in the United not guilty was returned by the decided to jury in the case in which Mrs. Dorla with necessary modifications, Tessdale, 28, wife of Walter Teasdale, In order to avoid any delay in system that has been employed a Scunthorpe butcher, was charged
Washington, Feb. 9. Kingdom, it has been
Rep-
passing the $950,000,000 bill to The total quantity of water con- provide funds for the relief of victims
for over 12 years for direct contact in with her husband's murder, She the vicinity ngang cuc year la in of the Mississippi and Ohio Valley London with the Foreign Office, and was arraigned at the Lincolnshire the vicinity of 4,000,000,000 gallons, foods, the clerk of Congress pursted His Majesty's Government in the assizes. or 1,000,000,000 more than the total the speaker of the House of
United Kingdom has agreed to the capacity of Jubilee Reservoir,
It was charged that the woman resentatives, Mr. William Bankhead,
attachment of a member of the staff of shot her husband with a revolver. In The total storage is in excess of into the National Theatre to-day, the Department of External Affairea at of anger caused by his attitude the Speaker was witnessing sador at Washington, with the rank habit of staying out late at night and to the staff of His Majesty Ambas- towards herself, and especially his of Counsellor. The first occupant of his liking for the company of other Tallulah Bankhead, stage and screen the post will be Mr. F. Keith, an women. star.
officer who for three and half years President Roosevelt subsequently has been Australian External Affairs signed the bill-Reuter.
officer in London-Britain Wireless.
CIRCULATION IN HONGKONG (aphon. Only (h.186. There drange of fi, sau putere mitan
New coinage is to be introduced to Hongkong within threo
Mr. Clissold will keep in close months.
touch with the British Naval
The Telegraph learns that the Hongkong Government Buthorities whose services, as Hintends to gradually withdraw the present issue of cupra-nickel Majesty's Government has made subsidiary coins. They will be replaced by five and ten-cent
plain, are avaliable to either side in coins of pure nickel.
The
Civil War for
rendering
humanitarian assistance whereever possible-British Wireless,
It will be recalled that the cupra- that fully a million of these counter- nickel subsidiary coins were issued faits were in circulation.
000,000 gallons are stored on island, which uses much more water than the mainland.
FATAL MOTOR
MISHAP
MAN DIES IN
· HOSPITAL
The prosecution submitted that' Mrs. Tessdalo was at least guilty of manslaughter.
Mr. Norman Birkett, K.C., defen- ded. There. was much public
PAINTER ASKED TO PAY sympathy with the accused.
IF SHIRLEY POSED
M. Albert Coulfe, a Belgian miniature painter, recently passed through Hongkong on a round-the-world tour.
Mr. Justice Humphreys, summing up, declared to the Jury: "Quite
in my view as a lawyer upoz see how you can, fall to
It cannot find it very And this woman pot
not willtopf
manslaughter.
After the verdick, over, which the jury deliberated two hours and® 20° minutes Mrs. Tossdale broke down,
in November, 1035, when Govern-i The new nickel coins, which are ment called in all silver. Silver expected to be placed in circulation MORE ITALIAN OFFICERS
one dellor coins were replaced by shortly after the Coronation, will Knocked down by a car driven Government, bank-notes, while sub- probably bear the effigy of King by Dr. Strahan at Hennessy Road on sidiary five and ten cent silver coins, George VI. Rome, Feb. 9. were replaced by the current lasue.
February 2, Chan Cheung died at the The Cabinet has approved of an
It is understood that over 15,000,000 Government Civil Hospital Cupra-nickel coins have proved are being minted in London. There night, according to a police report.
Inst increase in the number of higher unsatisfactory for several reapons, are approximately 10,000,000 cupra- "Army officers in order to meet ad chief of which in the eses with which nickel coins, valued at $1,580,000 In
While in Hollywood, M. Caulfs Temple, he was asked by her mother But opplause burst from the crowded It was learned that the man sud said, he dillonal demands due to "now types they are counterfelled. Early last circulation. They comprise: 15,000,- denly dashed across the road, and, in Gloria Swanson and Frederic March the child prodigy boed.
commissioned by how much ho would pay to have court. It was immediately suppress Mod, but there was an enthusiastia de Oxigencies of the amprend finture year's wave of counterfeit subsidiary 000 tendo coin valved at a loan fleempt to avoid him, Dr. Strahan to paint them in miniature. There was could refer maintain street teker
Empire-United Looded the market. $1,000,000 five-cent coins, applied brakes, causing ear
undist the time by die Telegraph indicated valued at $50,000.
tokat," Mr
poured
the When he offered to "do" Shirley, i skiss ireranie to the porter paintertra Special Kasar sekmad
| to overturn,