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THE HONGKONG
STRIVING TO CURB PATRIOTS
Bombing Incident Makes. Trouble For Shanghai
Shanghai, Dec. 27.
Mr. R. C. Alers, Deputy Commis-
TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1937.
Hongkong's Laws Now Modernised
a
Royal Air Force Finally Givon Status In Law
'The task of
consolidating
LEADERS
BELIEVED TRAPPED
Loyalists Fight Relief Columns Around Teruel
the Ordinances of Hongkong centres state that several important
Hendaye, Dec. 27. Persistent reports from Loyalist which has occupied several Spanish Fascists
are trapped in months, has been completed by blazing buildings in Terucl. One the Attorney General's Depart-renzon for their refusal of Invitations
to surrender is
Is that the lenders know they face execution if they are captured,
th retaliation execution of many Loyalists.
sioner of the Shanghal Municipal Council, interviewed after the in- eldent at Honan Road bridge when three grenadea were thrown at Japanese launch, wounding ament. Japanese soldier in the land, seld: "We are bound to let people, Chinese as well as foreigners, use the bridge, and it must be apparent that the municipality is extending all efforts to curb crime in the International Settlement.
"But we cannot possibly hold our selves entirely.responsible for every Individual who may sneak, through despite the vigilance of our officers." Mr. Alers added that six Chinese police, two civilian polce, and one Sikh with a patrol officer, were stationed at the bridge dally for the purpose of searching suspicious char- acters-United Press.
British Radio Talks For Arab Audience
Notable Persons To
Consolidating and amendment affects Ordinances which became law as long ago as 1844, three years after the the Colony.
foundation of
in
the
are
It is reported that the Insurgent resistance at Teruel has narrowed to the s
seminary and a group of govern- ment buildings, where the troops are The Land Registration Ordinance trapped without water, and with of 1844 after 07 years, is 10 be heavy snow falling.
Strong amended by the necessary insertion
Loyalist outposts of the word "and" between two Impeding the progress of the words.
Insurgent relief columns. Old Ordinances amended 113 С Loyalist activity las extended in result of the consolidation include the Aragon country to the north of The Chinese Wills Validation Ordin-Teruel as well as on the Cordoba ance of 1956, The Imperial Ennel- sector, which is for south of Terucl. ments Extension Ordinance of 1057, -United Press. The Penalties (Remission) Ordinance of 1800, The Military Stores Ordin- unce of 1862, The Admiralty Ordin- ance of 1003, The Malleious Damages Ordinance
Offence Ord, 105, and the Colnage
of 1885.
headquarters sent a radio up your spirits: Remem
However, it is doubt-
Frantic Appeals
Tercul, Dec. 27. Insurgent relief columns striving to break the Loyalist lines received Several Ordinances relating to the attort-wave broadcasts from the be- military and navy have been amend-sieged Insurgents who are concentrat ed to include the words "and Royaled in the civil Governor's palace and Air Force,' Acroplanes were un- nearby seminary, frantically appeal- known when these Ordinances went ing for aid. through Legislative Council, and the Royal Air Force has no status in law, reply: For instance, it is an offence for the ber Royal Air Force to store dangerous ful whether the besieged men will Hoods, such as petrol, munitions, etc., resist much longer owing to incen
tor diary bombs slowly demolishing the. General of Police.
An interesting Ordinance which is to drink and insufficient to quench being repealed in its entirety is the the that he
flames. Loyalists also hurled which is similar to the "Ticket of aid the flames. "Penalties
(Remission) Ordinance", cans of petrol on the buildings 10
Leave Regulations in British pri- The Loyalists, accking to avold sons, and empowers the Governor to useless bloodshed, they sold, fruit- release prisoners before expiration lessly stopped their artillery are and the Ordinance has never been used in palace and the seminary appealing of their sentences on licence. But despatched two Teruel priests to the Hongkong. Thousands of prisoners to the Insurgents to have been released in the last four the Loyalist terms-United Press. years, but their release has been due to remission of sentence, forced on Government by overcrowding of prisons.
Inaugurate Programme without permission of the Inspector thick walls. They have little water
London, Dec. 27.
of 31.32
The B.B.C. unnounces first transmission of news in foreign languages will be broadcast in Arable on January 3 from 6 p.in. G.M.T., ons
wave-length
metres. Several distinguished representatives of Arabic-speaking countries in the Near
East will participate in the opening ceremony.
Prince Seita Islam Hussain, son of the Imam of Yemen, will broadcast before the news bulletin, and four other messages of greeting will be brondeust from the Egyptian Ministers
Air Force officers will receive from jury service by an
(read in his absence in Egypt by the i exement to the Jury Ordinance of
Charge d'Affaires of the Egyptian Embassy).
the Ministers of India, Arabia,
and
and Sir Traq,
Bernardi Reilley.
Governor of Aden. From January 4 Onwards the transmissions will be regularly broadcast at the same time, preceded from 5.20 p.m. by a normal short- wave programme with Arable announcements.-Reuter.
Air France Liner Crash Kills Three
Pilot Well Off His Course
1887,
another Ordinance passed before the advent of aviation, and making allowance only for naval and military ofeers.
The Prevention. of Crimes Ordin- ance of 1887, is to be repeated altogether. It is another Ordinance, passed fifty years ago, which never been enforced.
hns
Actually, the revision of Hong- kong's Ordinances will not introduce new maiter into the low of the Colony, but has been confined to the collection of the existing law, the correction of obvious errors, the standardisation of expression, and the removal of inconsistencies.
The Rovisions will come force by proclamation.
NAVAL MARCH PAST PLANS
into
The annual inspection and march past of naval landing parties
takes place at Happy Valley at 10 nm. on Thursday, the salute being taken this year by Vice-Admiral L. E. Crabbe temporarily in command of the Chino
Viem, Dec. 27. The Air France liner EsJoy crashed when сп route from Vienna to Prague and all aboard, the pilot, wireless operator and one passenger, Station. were killed.
The scene of the crush was the Bohemian Forest, well off the machine's route.
An inquiry is progressing into the reason for the plot's change of direction-Reuter,
Pastors Freed
Christmas Must Return To Prison
Berlin. Dec. 27.
No official comment was made regarding the Pope's Christmas Eve address against German religious persecution, and the press generally is silent.
A semi-official agency declared that the address was hateful and completely unjustified.
Pastors who had been impri- soned during past several months were allowed to return to their churches during Christmas, but they have to return to prison after the holidays--Reuter,
TAKES ARMS FOR SPAIN
Mexico City, Dec. 27. Laden with munitions, including 20,000,000 cartridges, 20 aircraft and niso fooxistuffs, a Spónish' merchant- man, the Ibal, left Vera Cruz to-day, She try to dodgo General ran Will
| Francisco Franco's Insurgent warships which are attempting to blockade the Spanish const. The ship's destination la Darcelona.
Aboard the Ibal are also 17 · ex- soldiers of the Mexican Army who have volunteered for service
Spain-Reuter,
STEAMER SEIZED
Barcelona, Dec. 27.
In
It is reported that Inmirgent war- chips captured the Frencli steamer Yolanda oft, the coast of North Spain arid compelled the vessel to go to the Balearic Islands-United Press.
STOP PRESS
surrender to
No Definite Word On Silver Price
May Be Fixed By Proclamation
Washington, Dec. 27. President Roosevelt Intends to fix Despite the long assumption that the price of silver by proclamation before the end of this year, the Assistant Secretary to the President, Mr. Stephen Early, to-day sald, "It would not of necessity be by pro- clamation"
He would not amplify on the pro- spects of proclamation, but said that the experts were left with several possible courses to pursue.
Firstly, he said that the price of silver might be issued by proclama- lloni
made, thus permitting the Treasury Secondly, that no proclamation be
to purchase silver anywhere between the world levels, roughly 45 cents, and the monetary value of $1.20;
Thirdly, to let a proclamation lapse and simply direct the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase at some fixed price.-United Press.
SILVER PROGRAMME
Washington, Dec. 27. Usually rellable observers state that it has been tentatively agreed to continue to purchase Mexlean silver through January, 1938, nt a price of approximately 44
cents an Dunce. It
1o not certain how this agreement will affect the domestle polley. How- ever, it is understood that the neces- sity for completing the domestic programme has precluded adequato Study of the Mexican situation.- United Press.
Two British Soldiers Die
In Palestine
Jerusalem, Dec. 27. Two British soldiers who were wounded in an engagement with Arab rebela on Christmas Day in the hits of Galilee have died.
At least 30 Arabs are, known Lo have boen killed in the engagement in this area.-Reuter,
DUCHESS OF RUTLAND PASSES AWAY
London, Dec. 27.
The Duchess of Rutland, mother- in-law to Mr. A. Duff-Cooper, First
Lord
of the Admiralty, died in London_to-day.—Reuter,
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Mrs. J. H. S. Duncan, of Duke Suffering from the effects Street has reported to the Police heroin a man named Foo Siu-kie, 21, yesterday that some unknown person of Pollinger Street, was yesterday Istole from the roof of her house taken to the Queen Mary Hospital.
clothing worth $30,
When a pot of boiling water, we
As a result of an accident at Tal-accidentally upset In
house
a
koo Docks yesterday a 40-year-old Moon Street yesterday a man, Ho The Duchess of Rutland, daughter man named, Sze To, was taken to Kam-lung, was scalded on the face of Colonel the ion. C. I. Lindsay,
CB., was an artist and the author Queen Mary Hospital with of one publication "Portraits of Men, tured thighì : and Women”.
She married the 8th Duke of Rutland, who diod; in -1925, and they had one son and three daughters.
[n] fric-{and body and was removed to Queen
Mary Hospital.
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