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(Continued from Rage 1.)

British Consul Withdraws From Chinklang-

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STEALING CHARGES FAIL.

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arrived. Veritable bunches of human grapes were clinging to the walls of the buildings. The faint!

Shanghai, May 22. drone of an aero engine at 10.15 His Majesty's Consul at Chin- electrifled the emotional multitude, kiang has withdrawn and all the A young Chinese woman living When beams of light shone out officiul archives have been removed, at No. 114 First Street, West Point, there was immediately a mad rush. It is understood that white the was this morning charged with the The crowd ninepinned the cordon actual property of the Consulate unlawful possession of a of troops and police and smashed was more or less preserved through basket und four pieces of clothing. the iron barriers. The people were out the looting, all private property property said to have ben stolen shouting and singing and weeping, belonging to the personnel was from No. 447, Queen's Road West, Lindbergh was calm and serene either stolen or damaged.-Reuter. The missing property was recover- and jumped to the ground, removed:

H.MS. “Hawkins."

ed by the police in a cockloft in his helmet and donned a straw hat.

Shanghai, May 22.

which the accused had her bed. The delirious admirers then seized

A telegram from Hankow, dated and chaired the hero who eventually May 20th, states that H.M.S. with utmost difficulty was shep- "Hawkins," with Sir R. Tyrwhitt herded by soldiers to the aerodrome aboard, has gone down the river. offices where he was greeted by the

It is believed here (Shanghat) American Ambassador, French that Admiral Tyrwhitt is 'coming Cabinet officials and flying aces.

At length the lights were extin guished and under cover of dark-i ness Lindbergh after midnight was smuggled in a motorear to Paris. He called at the American Em- bussy for a bath and later went to La hotel.

There were

many accidenta among the terrific mass of pedes trians and motorcars returning to | Paris at a snail's pace.—Reuter,

World's Record Broken.

London, May 22.

OUR $50 PRIZE.

Another New X-Word Puzzle To-day.

The fourth Cross-Word Puzzle of the "China Mail's" new series is published to-day and will be found on page three of this issue.

The result of last week's puzzle

will be announced on Thursday,

She pleaded that she was the sweetheart of the principal tenant's son who had brought the goods home. Since her arrest, she said, the son could not be found.

The Magistrate thought the woman's lover was the 'guilty party. The police agreed and the woman was discharged because there was {nothing to prove that she know the

things were stolen property.

Later the elusive young man's father and mother were charged with the unlawful possession of a gramophone and one record, alleged to have been stolen from No. 72 (Second Street,

Thoy said the property was brought home by their son.

Replying to the Magistrate the father said his son was unemploy-

Lindbergh's flight of about 3,500 miles has broken the World's non-down for the purpose of conferringed. stop record, use all Atlantic re with Sir M. Lampson on the general cords. He has incidentally won the Yangtsze situation-Reuter, Orteig prize of G$25,000.

Asked how an unemployed man could afford to buy an expensive) Wuchang's Fate.

gramophone, the father said when and His magnificent courage determination in navigation... has From Our Own Correspondent.]

the son brought the gramophone home, he said he had borrowed it not demonstrated any technical ud-

Shanghai, May 21. vance in aviation, however, be- Persistent rumours are current

{from a friend for a few days. yond the fact that machines are to-day in Shanghal that General the gramophone was found under a Although the police pointed out able to carry more fuel than in 1919 Yang Sen's troops this morning bed, the alagistrate decided to dis- when the only other crossing of the captured" Wuchung, which is charge the accused because there North Atlantic was made by Sir across the Yangtze from Hankow was nothing to prove guilty know- John Alcock and Sir Arthur W. and is the Communists' headquar ledge, remarking that it was not Brown,

In Paris the troops were tually obliged to charge the crowd at Le Bourget to save Lindbergh

from over zealous attentions.

fers.

unusual for Chinese of this class to

ac- There are

also reports from keep articles under the bed. Chinese sources in Nanking that.

Swedish Congratulations.

Stockholm, May 22, Parliamentary leaders have joint ly telegraphed to Lindbergh con- gratulating

"descendant Swedish parents", on his brilliant success.-Reuter.

"He Made It!”

of

New York, May 22. There has not been such públic enthusiasm since the Armistice us was occasioned by Lindbergh's

Flight..

le made it!" The cry was echoed from mouth to mouth along Broadway, where the theatre crowds danced and sang with bounded joy amid the deafening roar of whistles and horns, while bushels of shredded

17-

paper were toased from skyscrapers and flags fluttered from countless windows.

Reuter's American Service.

Congratulations.

Washington, May 22,

ex-

the Wuhan area is now controlled charged, but his wife who persisted The man was immediately dis-

by Chang Kai-shek's partisans.

The inference is either that had to be removed from the dock in interrupting the Magistrate and Wuchang and its environs are before the case could be proceeded

ROYAL TOUR.

Duke and Duchess Leave Australasia.

Rugby, May 22. Duke and Duchess of York on H.MS. "Renown" with the

board will sail on Monday on the completion of the New Zealand and Australian tours, which have been immensely successful throughout. The Duke was particularly interested in work of the Fairbridge Farmers' School at Pinjarra where young immi- grants are trained for form careers. British Wireless Ser- vice.

President Coolidge sent a mes troops or that there is a general actually occupied by anti-Red sage to Lindbergh, rejoicing at his brilliant light and saying "The rising and a declaration in favour first non-stop flight by a lone of the Moderates. aviator. across the Atlantic crowns However, local official sources the record of American aviation." are unable to confirm these reports. The message concluded with

A City of the Dead. pressing admiration for Nungeaser

London, May 21, and Coll and stressing the con- The locked doors of banks, empty | tinued American anxiety concern-rice shops, and deserted river at ing them. Reuter's American Hankow, says the "Times" In a Service.

leader, signify A conspicuous Bolshevist defeat and with the, now obvious, decline of the Bolshevist

Postponed Flight,

New York, May 22.

with, was ordered by the Magis- trate to be detained for half-an- hour.

PERFECT PARTNER.

LATE LORD COWDRAY'S TRIBUTE TO HIS WIFE.

London, May 3-Midst the most imposing funeral cortege that Aber deenshire has ever seen, a farm waggon conveyed the remains of Lord Cowdray from Dunecht House; to Echt Churchyard, at the very hour when he and Lady Cowdray should have been presented with the Freedom of Aberdeen.

The ceremony was cancelled, butį the names of both will remain on the Roll of Burgeseca,

The speeches prepared for the occasion, though not delivered, have been published.

-Lord Cowdray's speech opened with a remarkable tribute to his wife, whom he described as a “per- fect partner, beyond praise or price."

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lain to postpone indefinitely the nese situation is again arising on flight of the monoplane "Colum- the Yangtse.

It is hard to say whether it con Bertaud has been dropped as tains elements susceptible to the pilot, following the judge's can- recently declared principles of celling the injunction against British policy in China but the at Levine,

search for a friendly and reason- Bertaud's successor .has been able China will be maintained in chosen but his name has not been spite of the bitter disappointments revealed.-Reuter's American Ser-experienced during the last few vice.

months on the Yangtse.--Reuter.

Clash Imminent at Hanyang.

Teak Hatstands, Teak Glass Shanghai, May 21. Cabinet, Desk and Bookcase Com- The situation in Hankow grows bined, Carpets, Ruge, Ornaments; more serious and more menacing Book Cases, etc., etc.mp daily:

Teak Dining Table, Dining- The armies threatening the City Chairs, Sideboard, Dinner Waggon, Two Chinese sappers of the Royal are drawing nearer Engineers were this morning fined General Yang Sen has landed

Ice Cream Freezers, Crockery, etc., $2 each by Mr. R. E. Lindsell for with troops from

etc. smoking opium in a house in St. steamer (which lie commandeered) Teak Wardrobes with Bevelled THE GLOBE FOOK CHEONG

a Portuguese Brass, Teak and Iron Bedsteads, Electrical Supplies. Francis Yard, Wanchaf.

within fifty miles of Hankow and, it Mirrors, Dressing Tables with

OPIUM SMOKING FINES.

A blind man was fined a total of is reported, is engaging Communist Bevelled Mirror, Teak Chost of $100 or, in default, eight weeks troops from Wuchange Drawers, Chamber Stands, etc., etc. jail, for keeping an oplum divan

A large section of the Hupch

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yang (across the Han River from Hankow) have announced that they are" anti-Red. A clash with the Communists, may therefore be ex- pected.

At the concert arranged by Mrs. Costen at the Cheerie O, Large troop movements from Chater Road, to-morrow night, Hankow to Wuchang Indicate the seriousness with which the Com- Miss Eileen Woods will give a

munista view, the threat from couple of numbers.

Generals Yang Sen and Chiang Kai-

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1 Grand Piano

2 Corona Typewriters,

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