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No. 26,013

HONG KONG, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1928.

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WORLD'S LARGEST

NEW HONOUR FOR

DAM

DR. JOAO DE BIANCHI THE FASCISTS NEW

ARRIVES

SLOGAN

:

AS PRIVATE VISITOR" DEEDS NOT WORDS” H.K. PORTUGUESE TO HONOUR RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF

MINISTER TO CHINA

GUEST AT GOVT. HOUSE

II. E. Dr. Jono A. de Bianchi, Portugal's Envoy Extraordinary and

MUSSOLINI

2,802 PUBLIC WORKS

Rome, Yesterday. The sixth anniversary of the Fas- Minister Flenipotentiary to China, rist Revolution is being cele- arrived here this morning on a pri- brated in accordance with the ad- vate visit and is staying at Govern dress of Signor Mussolini "by deeds ment House as the guest of H. E. the Officer Administering the Gov-.

C.M.G.)

and Mrs.

not words."

This has been taken for the in-

works such 08 routs, schools,

FORMALLY OPENED ENSURES A PERENNIAL SUPPLY OF WATER

15 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT,

MR. BALDWIN

CLOSE STRUGGLE ELECTED RECTOR OF GLASGOW UNIVERSITY

"SCOTTISH NATIONALISTS"

well-known author,

were

Mr. Cun-

ALE, $3.00 Per Monta

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MUNICIPAL CONTESTS RIOTOUS SCENES IN THEFT IN SUPREME

IN ENGLAND

THE ELECTIONS.

MUNICIPAL REFORMS' AND LABOUR IN RIVALRY

1,374 FOR LONDON

FRANCE

LATE. M. COMBES

STATUE SMASHED BY ROYALIST GROUP

POLICE FİRE AT CROWD

COURT

$200 STOLEN

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S NO. 1 BOY LOSES LIFE SAVINGS

OTHER LOSSES

London, Yesterday.

London, Yesterday.

Pons, Yesterday. Ng Chiu, the No. 1 Boy in the London, Yesterday,

Municipal elections will take The Prime Minister (r. S.

The unveiling of a statue to M. Attorney-General's Office at the The greatest dam in the world

Supreme Court, loat practically the was opened yesterday at Bhatgar,

Baldwin)

Premier in was yesterday elected place on Thursday in 28 London

Boroughs and 338 county and non- Combes, who was

whole of his life savings when an Rector of Glasgow University..

Apart from the usual "Ragging" county boroughs, of England, and 1902-5 and who was an inveterate audacious thief entered the build near Poona, India, by Sir Leslie

Wales.

anti-clerical exponent, whose re-ing some time during the week-end. Wilson, Governor of Bambay. the chief interest in the election,

In London alone, where the elec-gime was marked by the passage The theft was not discovered The dam, which ensures a peren- for which four. candidates

tions are triennin! 1,374 council of the laws of the separation of until this morning when work was crament (the Hon. Mr. W. Auguration of 2.802 public utility nial water supply to a large irriga nominated, was the fact that the Jors have to be chosen for the en- the Church and State, resulted in resumed at the Attorney-General's

who stood suing three years and some keen riotous scenes in which were de-office at 9 o'clock. Then it was dis

covered that a drawer in Ng Chiu's Water, power, land improvement, tion tract in the Nira Canal sys- ninghame Grahame,

been constructed at a as a Scottish Nationalist, polled contests are expected. One hun-monstrators fired on.

One person was killed and one desk, in the Attorney-General's harbours, sanitation and new build. tem, has Ings at various centres.

cost of £1,250,000 and utilises a lake, within 68 votes of Mr. Baldwin's dred and fifty of the London

clerk's office, had been forced open, Mussolini openeil the great new which ia 17 miles long and has a total, the Liberal and Labour can- vacancies have already been alled, wounded. met by Senhor L. Cerveira d'Albu highway from the capital to the

M. Herriot, Minister of Public a locked tin box smashed and its owing to no opposition being offer- ed to their candidates. Of these, Instruction, who is a prominent contents, almost $200 in notes, had querque + Castro (Portuguese coast near Ostia and also new build-capacity of 150,000 million gallons.

all are municipal reform candidates Radical Socialist (which is one of been extracted. Consul-General in Hong Kong) ings for the Ministries of Marine Twenty-one million cubic feet and the office-holders of the Club and Education at Planetarium-of masonry

except three Labour representa- tives. Lusitano and Club de Recreio.

Southorn, Southorn.

J

Ilis Excellency came from Shang- hal on the "Empress of Asia." On arrival at Kowloon wharf, he was¦

Mr. W. R. Scott (Aide-de-Camp to: H. E. the Officer Administering) the Government) conducted H. E. the Minister across the harbour to Queen's Pier, and thence to Gov.

DUNCAN WINS

But By a Narrow Margin

Shanghai, Friday. .Cpl. Donald Duncan, welter weight champion of China, won his fight with Pedro Campo of Manila,, ex-lightweight champion of the Orient, last night in the main event of the Internatlonui Sporting Club's programme at the Town Hall by a very narrow mar- gin. Duncan carried the fight through most of the ten rounds of the final of a really excellent programme. Not one of the other four fighter but

went the whole distance, and from the

curtain raiser which rocked the house with laughter, to a hectic ten round semi-final in which

Reuter.

FOOLISH PRANK

'THE “SHAUKIWAN BURNING CASE"

DEFENDANT FINED

constraction.

are employed in its

The dam commands an arid area of 834,000 acres, of which 200,000 will be irrigated annually, yielding a crop of the estimated increased value of over £2,400,000..

The project has taken 15 years to complete and marks the finish of the gigantic irrigation scheme

After having been on remand for in the Deccan recommended by a almost two months, part of which commission convened by the late time was spent in police custody Lord Curzon when he was Viceroy because there was a possibility of of India.-British Wireless Service. the victim dying, the Chinese youth

who is defendant in what is known PRETTY WEDDING as the "Shaukiwan Burning Case"

made his final appearance before Mr. LOCAL OFFICIAL MARRIED AT R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magis- tracy this morning.

ST. JOHN'S

HIS EXCELLENCY PRESENT

The case, it may be remembered, was that the defendant had tied a piece of rag soaked in kerosene to The wedding took place at St.

Cathedral the leg of a coolic and set it alight John's

on Saturday whilst the latter was asleep. The afternoon, of Mr. B. C. K. Hawkins, result was that the coolie was badly Assistant Superintendent of burned and was for a time in a Import and Export. Department very critical condition at the Goy- and Miss Gladys Helen Johnstone

ernment Hospital. 7

When first charged, the defendant Spt. Aguzzi outboxed and out said that previously, the coolie had.

fought "Speedy" Hughes of the U. S. S. "Trenton" every bout was one to draw the record house to its toes, with excitement.

the

of 'Sale, Cheshire, England, who arrived in the Colony on the s.a. "Khyber" on Thursday last.

THREE-AND-A-HALF TIMES

The issue of $2,000,000, being the balance of the 1927 -Publie Works Loan of $5,000,000, has been three times over-subscribed, the "China Mail" learned this. morning.

As was announced yesterday, allocations will be made through a board comprising the Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, O.B.E.,, K.C. (Attorney-General) chairman, the Hon. Mr. C. Mcl. Messer (Colonial Treasurer), and Mr. V. M. Gray-

Municipal reformers nominated 1,300 candidates in London.

the most anti-clerical of the Par- This money Ng Chiu had been liamentary groups), jointly unvell- saving for over a, considerable ed the statue with M. Daladier, time, and he had left it in the leader of the Radical-Socialists, office for safe-keeping. That the Labour is also represented with Among the crowd subsequently thief was one who had inside a candidate in most constituencies, allowed to inspect the monument knowledge of the interior of the and although there are some hun- were youths belonging to a royal- dreds of Liberal candidates the ist organisation, one of whom had to lay a main contests are between Munt- obtained permission

wreath at the foot, suddenly whip- cipal Reformers and Labour.

Communists and other independ-ped out a hammer, concealed in a ents of the Left Wing are contest-wreath, and smashed the nose and ing seats in about 60 wards. chin of the Statue.

At present Municipal Reform burn of the Hong Kong & Shang-hold majorities in 20 London boroughs and Labour in 8-British hai Bank.

Wireless Service.

didates being several hundred votes behind.

It is stated that Scottish Na- tionalists intend to contest future Parliamentary elections in Scotland independently of the three great political parties, and the Party will base its appeal on alleged neglect of national interests in Parliament at Westminster, British Wireless Ser-

'vice.

SOUTH ORKNEYS

BRITISH OFFICIALS AND THE PRESS AGITATION

ARGENTINE'S CLAIM

ed

1

FOR DOLLAR LINE

RADIO PERMIT IN PHILIPPINES

COMING HERE

Bedi. & Herts. Leave Tongshan

A gendarme rushed, at the often-

Shanghai, Yesterday. The first half of the 1st Batt. der and a free fight ensued. The

and gendarme, hard beset, fired in the

Hertfordshire Bedfordshire air and then into the crowd, caus-

Regiment is due to arrive here to- ing the casualties named. -

There were three arrests.-Rea-morrow on board the "Taming" from Chinwangtao, en route to ter.

Hong Kong-Reuter.

MANCHU PLOT?,

ATTEMPT TO RESTORE DYNASTY

CHANG'S WARNING

Shanghai, Oct. 26.

The withdrawal of the Beds and Herts, and the details of the East Yorkshire Regiment who have been stationed at Tongshan in the north since the threat to that city during the war between the army of General Pal Chung- hai and that of General Chang Chung-chang, will commence to- day, it is understood. It Is ex- pected that the Bedfords will be transferred south, probably to Hong Kong.

Manila, Oct. 25. The approval of the applications of three well-known corporations for a Philippine Islands, which applica- franchise to do business in the tions now are pending before the

· Peking," Oct. 29. legislature, will be approved during this season, it was learned from un-

Chinese newspapers to-day publish- on several occasions, put burning Among those present at the wed-

Impeachable sources last night.

ed a proclamation by Chang Hsueh- paper between his toes whilst heding were His Excellency the Off-

The corporations which will lang, ruler of Manchuria, in which was asleep. Finally defendant got cer Administering the Government

be granted franchises are the Chang warned China and Man-

fed up.

so he burned the coolie (Hon. Mr. W. T. Southern, C.M.G.),

Philippine Long Distance Tele-churia against a plot to restore the "just once to get his own back." and Mrs. Southorn, the Hon. Mr.

Supreme Court and knew Ng Chlu's phone Company which is back Manchu dynasty.

telephone

no other He did not think at the time that E. R. Hallifax, C.M.G., C.B.E.,

by well-known

The proclamation, issued at. Mak-secret was obvious, as he was likely to cause such serious (Colonial Secretary), the Hon. Mr.

London, Yesterday. companies in the United States; den, charged that Chang Chung-part of the large building was

and injury to the coolie.

E. D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G., and Mrs., Reuter learns there is no dis- the Mackay Radio Tele-chang, who was ousted by the Na-visited.

Had a Key This morning Detective Sergeant Wolfe, M.B.E., other heads of the position to attach any importance graph Company and the Robert Dol- tionalists from the governorship of

In this case, the thief made MeEwen told the Magistrate that various Government Departments, to the agitation in the Argentine lar Steamship Co., the two last be-Shantung, was planning to come

J. D. Lloyd and H. A. Press in regard to Travelling with H. E: the Minis- the coolie was now completely out Messrs.

the wireless ing for authority to instal radio back from his retreat at Port straight for the Attorney General's

ter

stations for foreign and domesticArthur, as the head of the royalist Office. What was more surprising Are Mr. Chagas (Secretary of danger, but would not be able to Taylor, and other of the bride station in the South Orkneys. Interpreter of the Portuguese Lega- leave hospital for another month. groom's colleagues of the Import The attitude of the British Gov- transmission of radio messages.army, with the intention of estabatili,was that he actually entered tion in Peking) and Mrs. Chagas. His. Worship ordered the defen- and Export Department.

ernment is that the Argentine Gov-"Manila Bulletin."

shing Hsuan Tung, the former boy the place without having to force the locked door, showing clearly Local Reception

dant to pay $10 as compensation to The Rev. N. V. Halward, M.C., erniment must obtain licence in

emperar, on the throne. Unfortunately, His Excellency is the coolic, and required him to sign officiated,, and the duties of "best the ordinary way for the mainten-

Chang said that Chang Chung-that he had a key which fitted the Quietly opening the slightly indisposed but it has been a personal bond in the sum of 350 man" were carried out by Mr. W. ance of a wireless station on the

chang was holding conferences lock. arranged for him to attend at the to, be of good behaviour for 12 J. Lockhart-Smith, of the Land islands, which are a British pos-

with the Manchu party and with door, the thief crept into the At- Club Lusitano this afternoon at months. The lnd's father was also Office.

session,

royalist delegates, and that he torney-General's office and opening bulf past six,

planned to use White Russians as a window crept to the verandah. The reception is given by the Club required to sign a confirmatory bond

Here the thief broke a pane of the nucleus for the royalist army,

With Mr. Scott ernment House. was 1st Lieut. Maria Zanatti (Aide- de-Camp to H. E. the Governor of Macao).

Lusitano. The Consul-General, in |

ernment.

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in

like sum.

COOLIE'S THEFTS

AN UMBRELLA, FAN AND BROOCH

The bride, who, was given away by Mr. G. R. Sayer, was attended by Mrs. Sayer as Matron of Honour. After the ceremony, a reception was held at the residence of Mr. and Mra. Sayer, No. 164, The Peak..

PARAGUAY-BOLIVIA

INVASION BY "SCIENTIFIC" EXPEDITIONS

The British Government does not recognise the claim of the Argen- tine Government to the island.

THE PEACE PACT FURTHER TRIUMPHS FOR MR. KELLOGG;

AMERICAN TIN

FACILITIES FOR PIG TIN

...

Friends of Hsuan Tung said that glass in one of the windows of the the royal family was unaware of Attorney-General's Clerk's office,. the alleged plot.-Associated Press. and thus gained access to Ng

New York. Oct. 27. The Interests principally concern- ed have approved the proposal to form an American Tin Trade Asso- ciation. The object inter alia will be to offer facilities for trading in pig tin which are not provided by the new National Metal Exchange, į. COLOMBIA AND SWEDEN SIGN which will only deal in standard in future-Reuter's American Ser- vice..

U.S.A. RED CROSS.

RELIEF WORK EXPENDITURE LAST YEAR

SPEND 16 MILLION DOLLAR

Washington, Yesterday.

Chiu's desk. Before entering the thief carefully collected the broken bits of glass and, taking them to the end of the verandah, deposit- jed them in a basket which the office sweeper always kept there.

The Thief.

his capacity as Honorary Presidenti of the Club, will welcome His Ex-| cellency and briefly address him. Then, in his official position as Con- aul-General, Senhor d'Albuquerque! will, in the name of the Portuguese) community of Hong Kong, present' When a ricsha coolle was charged; at the His Excellency with a gold eigar- before Mr. W. Schofield, ette case.

Kowloon Magistracy this morning,

Washington. Yesterday. At 9.30 am. on Wednesday, the with the unlawful possession of an

Asuncion, Paraguay, Yesterday. Mr. Kellogg and the Swedish 'distinguished visitor will leave for umbrella, a fan and a gold brooch,

The rest of the story is easily Macao on the "Demetrio Cinatti," he said that the umbrella had been; According to the "Tribuna" its Minister. Mr. Bostrom, have sign-

told. The thief entered the clerk's the motor yacht of the Macao Gov-, left in his ricsha, but he did not rellably reported that forces of ed a Swedish-American arbitration

The American Red Cross Society office, broke into Ng Chiu's deak know anything of the fan. The Bollvians on the pretext of being treaty.

Bogota,. Yesterday.

reports that they have spent over and tin box, helped himself to the and then slipped out brooch he had picked up some time scientific expeditions are advancing

The Colombian Senate has ap-

G.$16.500,000 for year ending last money into the disputed territory between the Concepcion and Rosario and have proved a Government measure

June 30 principally on relief work through the window which be The prosecution said that

adherence.to the

in connection with the Mississippi again closed. Then again entering police had received a report that already occupied Palmares Falls ruthoriaing

and New England floods. Reuter's the Attorney-General's Office, the American. Service.

thlef fastened the window here, crossed the office, let himself out by the office door which he again locked with his duplicate, key and then sneaked out of the building. It is noteworthy that all thefts which have occurred In the Supreme Court building have been committed over a week-end.

NANKING POWERS

ORGANISATION RULES ISSUED

THIRTEEN ARTICLES

Nanking, To-day.

ago,

a gold brooch with a green stone in on the Pilcomayo river-Reuter's Kellogg Pact.-Reater's American ¡the middle was missing and, acting, American Service.

jon information given, they raid-

ed the riczha coolie's quarters inj Canton-road, and found in his box the articles mentioned.

A fine of $20 with the alternative Revised provisional regulations of one months' imprisonment was im- governing organisation and outlining posed. So far as can be ascertain-i the functions of the Central Politied, the articles in question have not cal Council under the Central been claimed.

Executive Council which were

adopted at ✡ meeting of the

standing committee of the C.E.C.

contain 19 articles of which the fol- State Council, Presidents and Vice- lowing are the most four important: Presidents for the five Yuan, mem- The C.P.C. Je to be the highest mers of various commissione, minis- directing organ in the execution of ters of the various ministers, chair the programme of political tutelage men of the various committens for the entire country and to be res- members and chairmen of, the vari- ponsible to the C.E.C.;

ous provincial governments, com- Members of the C.E.C. and Cen-missioners of the various provinces, tral Supervisory Committee and mayors of special municipalities, am- State councillors of the State Coun-bassadors, ministers and special en- cil of the Nationalis Government to voys to foreign countries, all to be be, fpso facto, members of the C.P.C.; specially appointed and specially The C.P.C. to deliberate and de-commissioned officials of the Govern- cide on the following matters only rent.

(1) a general – programme of na- | The U.P.C. shall not issue orders tional reconstruction, (3) the prin- or instructions direct nor dispose of ciples of legislation,, (8) policies of any administrative affairs; ite re- political administration, (4) im solutions shall immediately be for- portant military affairs; (5) the warded in the State Council for Belection of State councillors for the exccution Reuter,

Service,

ALLEGED KIDNAPPING A married Chinese woman was, this morning at the Kowloon Magie- tracy, charged with kidnapping, or conspiring to kidnap a small Chin- ese lad from his parents residing at No-361 Canton-road, Yaumati,

Defendant denied the charge, and was remanded till Nov. 2.

ALYTERING KAIN is to members of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club was given by the

on October 15, when a musical programme of entertainment was also carried out Ah Fong, Shangh

Previous Thefte

Previous thefts in the Supreme Court included the removal of elec- tric bulbs, In the Pulsne Júdge's Court; to reach some of which the thlef had actually to stand on the Judge's seat. On one occasion, a daring thief actually stood on a steam: heating radiator to reach one of the bulbs. He managed to reach and remove it, but in do- ing so he overbalanced and fell. Then there was the case of the thief who stole an electric table fan from the Pulsne Judge's desk. No one actually knows when this particular fan was carried away. It was missed during last summer, and then someone remembered that during the cooler months he had noticed that it was not in Court, but he had not, thought much of the 1stfer as he concludedy tit m nai Club been taken away to be re-woun