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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1928.

THE 'PLANE DISASTER THE PRINCE OF WALES PORT DARWIN AS AN

IN PUGET SOUND.

WRECK LOCATED.

BODY OF MR. MACCALLUM SCOTT & OTHERS FOUND.

WELL-KNOWN M.P.

London, Yesterday.

AND WIRELESS.

AIR BASE.

A PREDICTION. SIR JOHN SALMOND ON THE PORT'S RESPONSIBILITY.

AUSTRALIA FLIGHT.

VISITS RUGBY. INSPECTS THE GOVERNMENT'S SUPER-POWER STATION.

ASCENDS THE MAST TOP.

Port Darwin Yesterday. London, Yesterday.

Sir John Salmond, who is mak- Mr. MacCallum Scott, a. pro- H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to

ing a round-Australia flight, in minent British politician, and his day visited the Government Super the course of his duties as adviser wife have lost their lives while Power Wireless Station at Rugby, to the Australian Government on flying as passengers in an aero- which is capable of communicating Force, in a speech at a reception, the re-organisation of the Air plane which left Victoria, Bri- with any part of the globe and on his arrival here, said that it tish Columbia, on Saturday for which serves inter alia for the was quite possible that the con- 180 miles but all trace of the ma-worldwide broadcasting of British atruction of the Singapore Naval oficial news service and the tele-Base would throw considerable chine had been lost.

responsibility upon Port Darwin A message from Vancouver, re-phonic service to America. ceived in London to-day, states His Royal Highness arrived at the and that likely an Air Force Base that the missing plane has been station unexpectedly, accompanied would be created there.-Reuter. recovered in 30 feet of water in by his brother, the Duke of Glouces Puget Sound, and the dead bodiester.

Seattle. The distance was only

of Mr. and Mrs. Scott and five The princes inspected all the de- POOR RELIEF TRICK. other persons were in the cabin.jpartments and showed a keen inter- Mr. Scott was visiting Canada est in the apparatus and in the partly on holiday and, partly to transmission of messages,

collect material for a book on The Prince of Wales then ex-! emigration and forestry,

pressed a desire to ascend one of the

He became a Member of Par- masts, which are over 800 feet high,

liament for Bridgeton Division of being the tallest in the world.

Glagrow as a Liberal in 1910. In

1922 standing as a Coalition:

TOBACCO INSTEAD OF · ‚

GROCERIES.

At North London Police-court,

keeper, of Georges-road, Hol Nellie Harron, a general shop-

loway, was summoned before Mr.

罹 While his brother left to pay Basil Watson for obtaining nine-

private visit to

a friend in the pence from the Islington Board

Liberal, he was defeated in that neighbourhood, the Prince of Wales of Guardians by false pretences. constituency by Mr. Maxton, the Socialist.

MONEYLENDING.

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CLAIM FOR PROMISSORY NOTE BALANCE.

VARIOUS PAYMENTS.

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was taken up the mast in an elec-James Andrew Cain, of Hope Cot- on the platform on tages, Edengrove, Holloway, was In 1924, he joined the Labour tric lift and party, and became its candidate iep, he remained for a considerable summoned for aiding Harron in for East Aberdeenshire. British time enjoying the excellent view. the commission of the offence.

Mr. Clifford Watts, who sp- Wireless Service.

A strong wind was blowing and the mast, which is designed to peared in support of the sum- withstand wind pressure of 140 mons, said that Cain was given an miles an hour, nevertheless swayed out-relief order for 14s. worth of appreciably. When he reached the groceries, and presented it to Mrs. ground again, the Prince expressed Harron. One of the items sup- delight with his experience. He posed to have been suppplied was said it was a wonderful station and flour, but as a fact one ounce of that it was marvellous that tele-tobacco was substituted for the

flour. phonte communication could be es

An official of the guardians Before Mr. Justice Jacks, in the tablished so easily between this Summary Court yesterday after-point in the heart of England with stated that since 1920 Cain and this family had received £460. in

that tobacco instead of groceries was being supplied to persons on the rates all over the parish, but it was very difficult to get evid- ence to support a prosecution. In this particular case Cain had threatened to take his relief ticket elsewhere if Mrs. Harron refused to supply the tobacco. If he had done so it would have meant a considerable loss to her as a small shopkeeper.

noon, an Indian moneylender nam-America.-British Wireless Service relief. It was known to witness

ed Sundagat Singh, who was re-

presented by Mr. C. A. S. RuBB, GLACIER ON RIVER. claimed the sum of $440 as bal- ance due under a promissory note for $640, from Mr. J. S. Landolt, of the Canadian Pacific S.S. Com pany. Mr. J. M. d'Almada Remedios represented defendant.

THREATENED FLOODS IN

INDIA.

Simla-Agriculture in the Pun- The plaintiff said, in evidence,jab is threatened by the formation that he was first introduced to de-of a glacier on the River Indus at fendant in 1924, by a man named Leh, capital of the Ladakh district, Ah Young. On November 3, of

In Kashmir, The river.is dammed that year, the defendant borrow- ed $640 of which $200 had been by the glacier, and the district of

Lch is threatened with drought. re-paid by instalments. When the

At Attock, in the extreme north note was drawn up and signed the defendant used the word "We" but, of the Punjab, the volume of water after signing, he crossed out "We" in the Indus la intraased by the at the plaintiff's request and sub-union with it of the Kabul River, stituted "I." The defendant put bringing down the whole drainage each.

of the Southern Hindy Kush Moun- his initials to the aleration,

If the glacler remains, the

An account book was produced by taina. the plaintiff which showed various area between Leh and Attock will payments. He said that before the become arid, but if it bursts when, loan of $640 he had lent the sum in the Attock area, the river is full, of $100 on the joint signatures of immense areas are likely to be in! Mr. Neves and Mr. Landolt. That undated..

Mr. Basil Watson said this sort of thing was a swindle on the ratepayers and also on poor child- ren. If other cases carne before him he should send the defend- ants for trial.

The defendants were fined 40s.

JAPAN & TREATIES.

Question to Be Opened.

Tokyo, Yesterday.

As a result of the Cabinet's

amount had been paid back, but the The Government of the Punjab note had been lost.

are taking the precautions neces- discussion of the Nationalists” The plaintiff went on to say that sary to safeguard the interests of second nate, it is understood that he always went to see the defen- the cultivators, and, if necessary, the Government has decided to ac-| dant on the first or second day of the glacier will be blown up before cept the Chinese demand for every month when he was some the lower reaches of the river be-opening the question of treaty re- times paid and sometimes not. He come full.

vision, after assuring itself that

pointed out that Mr. Landolt had An inundation of the valley of the China is really sincere. As, how- only paid $2 in January, this year, Indus, over 370,000 square miles in ever, there is still some doubt of

Cross-examined by Mr. Remedios, area, occurred in 1841, when a China's sincerity, the Govern plaintiff said that he was introducglacier formed over an accumula-ment will not issue a reply for the ed to the defendant in May, 1924 tion of water in the Nubratso dia- time being, as it does not desire to and within a few days he signed trict and burst owing to the prea prolong the legal controversy over a joint note with another man forį

of Article $120, the amount actually lent be sure. The released floods poured the interpretation

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ROMAN FINDS.

ing $100 between them. They both over the Shyok Valley, drowning the XXVI. of the Treaty-Reuter. signed that note. The next trans entire Sikh army and carrying action was in June, when the de everything before them. fendant personally borrowed $186| Another flood occurred in 1858, and afgned for double that amount the river rising 90 feet in "a few" Be again borrowed, 1200 in Sep. hours, and much property being tamber, 1924 algning for $400, destroyed.

He also signed as a guarantor for Protective works have been com- a third party in May. On the pleted in the Dehra-ghazi Khan dis. May note, the defendant and Mr.trict:

Neves paid the money back at the

Fralen of $12 á month,

Plaintiff agreed that that May The Home Secretary declined to note had been paid off and stat-reprieve Albert George Abendom, ed that he had received back $72 aged 28, the murderer of Mary on the June note. That note had

Allen, aged 26, at Liverpool: besa lost. E

Mr. Remedios: That in a very It is recommended that Kensing. convenient, explanation.

ton rates for the half-year be Mr. Remedios said he had evi- dence to show that the word " 11d. in the 2, s reduction of 1d. would bring in a friend of the de segura

fendant. They arranged for of that loss Mr. Landolt gave loan of $600 for which they sigu new note, which he himself sign ed for $800, payable in monthly od and then asked his companion Instalments of $80 a month. That to sign, which he refused at that Was In August, September and Oc time to do, and asked for a letter | tober Instaliments were paid, leav- of indemnity, which was given." |Ing{$640. -- On November 1 tha ~ The case was adjourned until Pisintiff reported the note, as lost the afternoon of Friday, week, his and sald he had made a report to Lordship making an order. for mu- the police to that efect, Layview tual discovery.

FORTRESS RELICS UNEARTHED

AT. YORK.

York-During excavations in the centre of York-a-section of Roman wall," which formed part of the In- termal buildings of the Roman for tress, has been discovered.

There is a continuous, well-pre- served wall, about two feet high and fourteen inches, broad, across the excavation, and parallel with it are

There relics, situated not far the fragments of two similar walls,

from the site of the gate of the old fortress, probably belong to the third or fourth century The dis covery is regarded as of much value, as there are very few relics left of the interior of the fortress.

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